Lludd and Llevelys part 3
Andwhen these tidings came to Llevelys, seeing that he know not the cause of hisbrother`s ships, he came on the other side to meet...
Lludd and Llevelys part 2
Sohe prepared ships and filled them with armed knights, and set forth towardsFrance. And as soon as they had landed, they sent messengers to...
Lludd and Llevelys part 1
Lludd and Llevelys (Anonymous: Some Time Before 14th Century)
Notonly is nothing known of the author of this story, but it is hardly possible...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 1
Phaedrus (15 B.C.?—55 A.D.?)
It was the chief distinction of this writer to have collected the Fables of Jesop (or whoever it was who wrote...
The Prodigal Son 1
The Prodigal Son (From the New Testament, Luke XV)
The prodigal is a parable, spoken by Jesus in praise of forgiveness. It is one of...
The Jewish Mother 1
Biblical Literature
It is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales....
The Haunted House 2
Intermingle
On being thus left to himself, he marked the spot with some grass and leaves which he plucked. Next day he applied to the...
The Dove and the Crow 2
But the crow insisted. Matters of personal interest and friendship, he said, are decided by our inclination. We do not consider distance or the...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 2
Nothing whatsoever is known of the author or authors of the particular collection from which this story is taken. It is reprinted from Buddhist...
Orpheus and Eurydice 1
Ovid (43 B.C.—18 A.D.?)
Publius Ovidius Naso, better known to readers of English as Ovid, was born not far from Rome, and spent the latter...
