[Frontispiece: HERA _from an Ancient Statue now in the Vatican Museum at Rome_]

MYTHS OF HELLAS

OR

GREEK TALES

TOLD IN GERMAN BY

PROFESSOR C. WITT

HEAD MASTER OF THE ALTSTADT GYMNASIUM AT KÖNIGSBERG

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH (_with the Author's sanction_) BY FRANCES YOUNGHUSBAND

_WITH A PREFACE_

BY

ARTHUR SIDGWICK, M.A.

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD LATE ASSISTANT-MASTER AT RUGBY SCHOOL

FIFTH EDITION

LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1891

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TO ALL ENGLISH CHILDREN BUT ESPECIALLY TO C. I. W. AND TO E. R. Y. AND O. Y. WHOSE PLEASURE IN THESE STORIES HAS MADE ME WISH TO BRING THEM WITHIN THE REACH OF OTHER CHILDREN I DEDICATE THIS TRANSLATION

F. M. Y.