[PDF] Lost Pleiad A Fantasy In 2 Act eBook

Author : Jane Dransfield
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781333351212

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Excerpt from The Lost Pleiad: A Fantasy in Two Acts The suggestion for this fantasy lay in the Greek myth of the Pleiad, who came to earth to marry a mortal. The Pleiades were the seven beautiful daugh ters of Atlas and the ocean nymph Pleione. By command of Zeus, they became a constellation, shining by night as stars; but by day, in the form of doves, they winged their way to the far Hesperides to fetch ambrosia for the Olympian King. All were content with their fate, except Merope, the youngest, who, having fallen in love with Sisyphus, founder and first King of Corinth, slipped down to earth to become the bride of the mortal of her choice. For this act she was forbidden to resume her heavenly station. Compensation was hers, 'however, since it was her grandson, Bellerophon, who, beside the magic spring Peirene, captured Pegasus, the winged horse of the Muses, thereby securing forever for mortals the service of poetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jane 1875 Dransfield
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781373099631

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