The Wisdom of the Ancients

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Contents
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 * Preface
 * Chapter I - Cassandra, or Divination
 * Chapter II - Typhon, or a Rebel
 * Chapter III - The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror
 * Chapter IV - Narcissus, or Self-Love
 * Chapter V - The River Styx, or Leagues
 * Chapter VI - Pan, or Nature
 * Chapter VII - Perseus, or War
 * Chapter VIII - Endymion, or a Favourite
 * Chapter IX - The Sister of the Giants, or Fame
 * Chapter X - Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man
 * Chapter XI - Orpheus, or Philosophy
 * Chapter XII - Cœlum, or Beginnings
 * Chapter XIII - Proteus, or Matter
 * Chapter XIV - Memnon, or a Youth Too Forward
 * Chapter XV - Tythonus, or Satiety
 * Chapter XVI - Juno's Suitor, or Baseness
 * Chapter XVII - Cupid, or an Atom
 * Chapter XVIII - Diomed, or Zeal
 * Chapter XIX - Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill
 * Chapter XX - Ericthonius, or Imposture
 * Chapter XXI - Deucalion, or Restitution
 * Chapter XXII - Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things
 * Chapter XXIII - Achelous, or Battle
 * Chapter XXIV - Dionysus, or Bacchus
 * Chapter XXV - Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain
 * Chapter XXVI - Prometheus, or the State of Man
 * Chapter XXVII - Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way
 * Chapter XXVIII - Sphinx, or Science
 * Chapter XXIX - Proserpine, or Spirit
 * Chapter XXX - Metis, or Counsel
 * Chapter XXXI - The Sirens, or Pleasures

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