OCEANUS, a Titan, ruling watery elements
       OCYROE, a prophetess, daughter of Chiron
       ODERIC
       ODIN, chief of the Norse gods
       ODYAR, famous Biscayan hero
       ODYSSEUS See ULYSSES
       ODYSSEY, Homer's poem, relating the wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on returning from Trojan War
       OEDIPUS, Theban hero, who guessed the riddle of the Sphinx (which See), becoming King of Thebes
       OENEUS, King of Calydon
       OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for Helen
       OENOPION, King of Chios
       OETA, Mount, scene of Hercules' death
       OGIER, the Dane, one of the paladins of Charlemagne
       OLIVER, companion of Orlando
       OLWEN, wife of Kilwich
       OLYMPIA, a small plain in Elis, where the Olympic games were celebrated
       OLYMPIADS, periods between Olympic games (four years)
       OLYMPIAN GAMES, See GAMES
       OLYMPUS, dwelling place of the dynasty of gods of which Zeus was the head
       OMPHALE, queen of Lydia, daughter of Iardanus and wife of Tmolus
       OPHION, king of the Titans, who ruled Olympus till dethroned by the gods Saturn and Rhea
       OPS See RHEA
       ORACLES, answers from the gods to questions from seekers for knowledge or advice for the future, usually in equivocal form, so as to fit any event, also places where such answers were given forth usually by a priest or priestess
       ORC, a sea monster, foiled by Rogero when about to devour Angelica
       OREADS, nymphs of mountains and hills
       ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, because of his crime in killing his mother, he was pursued by the Furies until purified by Minerva
       ORION, youthful giant, loved by Diana, Constellation
       ORITHYIA, a nymph, seized by Boreas
       ORLANDO, a famous knight and nephew of Charlemagne
       ORMUZD (Greek, Oromasdes), son of Supreme Being, source of good as his brother Ahriman (Arimanes) was of evil, in Persian or Zoroastrian religion
       ORPHEUS, musician, son of Apollo and Calliope, See EURYDICE
       OSIRIS, the most beneficent of the Egyptian gods
       OSSA, mountain of Thessaly
       OSSIAN, Celtic poet of the second or third century
       OVID, Latin poet (See Metamorphoses)
       OWAIN, knight at King Arthur's court
       OZANNA, a knight of Arthur

Publishers' Preface
Author's Preface
stories of gods and heroes
   Chapter I. Introduction
   Chapter II. Prometheus and Pandora
   Chapter III. Apollo and Daphne--Pyramus and Thisbe Cephalus and Procris
   Chapter IV. Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto--Diana and Actaeon--Latona and the Rustics
   Chapter V. Phaeton
   Chapter VI. Midas--Baucis and Philemon
   Chapter VII. Proserpine--Glaucus and Scylla
   Chapter VIII. Pygmalion--Dryope-Venus and Adonis--Apollo and Hyacinthus
   Chapter IX. Ceyx and Halcyone: Or, the Halcyon Birds
   Chapter X. Vertumnus and Pomona
   Chapter XI. Cupid and Psyche
   Chapter XII. Cadmus--The Myrmidons
   Chapter XIII. Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narcissus--Clytie--Hero and Leander
   Chapter XIV. Minerva--Niobe
   Chapter XV. The Graeae or Gray-Maids--Perseus--Medusa--Atlas--Andromeda
   Chapter XVI. Monsters
   Chapter XVII. The Golden Fleece--Medea
   Chapter XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta
   Chapter XIX. Hercules--Hebe and Ganymede
   Chapter XX. Theseus--Daedalus--Castor and Pollux
   Chapter XXI. Bacchus--Ariadne
   Chapter XXII. The Rural Deities--Erisichthon--Rhoecus--The Water Deities--Camenae--Winds
   Chapter XXIII. Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope
   Chapter XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion--Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus--Musaeus
   Chapter XXV. Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--Sappho
   Chapter XXVI. Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and Galatea
   Chapter XXVII. The Trojan War
   Chapter XXVIII. The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and Electra
   Chapter XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-Eaters--Cyclopes--Circe--Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--Calypso
   Chapter XXX. The Phaeacians--Fate of the Suitors
   Chapter XXXI. Adventures of Aeneas--The Harpies--Dido--Palinurus
   Chapter XXXII. The Infernal Regions--The Sibyl
   Chapter XXXIII. Camilla--Evander--Nisus and Euryalus--Mezentius--Turnus
   Chapter XXXIV. Pythagoras--Egyptian Deities--Oracles
   Chapter XXXV. Origin of Mythology--Statues of Gods and Goddesses--Poets of Mythology
   Chapter XXXVI. Modern Monsters--The Phoenix--Basilisk--Unicorn--Salamander
   Chapter XXXVII. Eastern Mythology--Zoroaster--Hindu Mythology--Castes--Buddha--Grand Lama
   Chapter XXXVIII. Northern Mythology--Valhalla--The Valkyrior
   Chapter XXXIX. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim
   Chapter XL. The Death of Baldur--The Elves--Runic Letters--Iceland--Teutonic Mythology--Nibelungen Lied
   Chapter XLI. The Druids--Iona
king arthur and his knights
   Chapter I. Introduction
   Chapter II. The Mythical History of England
   Chapter III. Merlin
   Chapter IV. Arthur
   Chapter V. Arthur (Continued)
   Chapter VI. Sir Gawain
   Chapter VII. Caradoc Briefbras; or, Caradoc with the Shrunken Arm
   Chapter VIII. Launcelot of the Lake
   Chapter IX. The Adventure of the Cart
   Chapter X. The Lady of Shalott
   Chapter XI. Queen Guenever's Peril
   Chapter XII. Tristram and Isoude
   Chapter XIII. Tristram and Isoude (Continued)
   Chapter XIV. Sir Tristram's Battle with Sir Launcelot
   Chapter XV. The Round Table
   Chapter XVI. Sir Palamedes
   Chapter XVII. Sir Tristram
   Chapter XVIII. Perceval
   Chapter XIX. The Sangreal, or Holy Graal
   Chapter XX. The Sangreal (Continued)
   Chapter XXI. The Sangreal (Continued)
   Chapter XXII. Sir Agrivain's Treason
   Chapter XXIII. Morte d'Arthur
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   Introductory Note
   Chapter I. The Britons
   Chapter II. The Lady of the Fountain
   Chapter III. The Lady of the Fountain (Continued)
   Chapter IV. The Lady of the Fountain (Continued)
   Chapter V. Geraint, the Son of Erbin
   Chapter VI. Geraint, the Son of Erbin (Continued)
   Chapter VII. Geraint, the Son of Erbin (Continued)
   Chapter VIII. Pwyll, Prince of Dyved
   Chapter IX. Branwen, the Daughter of Llyr
   Chapter X. Manawyddan
   Chapter XI. Kilwich and Olwen
   Chapter XII. Kilwich and Olwen (Continued)
   Chapter XIII. Taliesin
hero myths of the british race
   Beowulf
   Cuchulain, Champion of Ireland
   Hereward the Wake
   Robin Hood
legends of charlemagne
   Introduction
   The Peers, or Paladins
   The Tournament
   The Siege of Albracca
   Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando
   The Invasion of France
   The Invasion of France (Continued)
   Bradamante and Rogero
   Astolpho and the Enchantress
   The Orc
   Astolpho's Adventures Continued, and Isabella's Begun
   Medoro
   Orlando Mad
   Zerbino and Isabella
   Astolpho in Abyssinia
   The War in Africa
   Rogero and Bradamante
   The Battle of Roncesvalles
   Rinaldo and Bayard
   Death of Rinaldo
   Huon of Bordeaux
   Huon of Bordeaux (Continued)
   Huon of Bordeaux (Continued)
   Ogier, the Dane
   Ogier, the Dane (Continued)
   Ogier, the Dane (Continued)
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