INDEX. I. Ceres, goddess of Husbandry II. Proserpine, daughter of Ceres, is carried off by her III. Ceres, seeking Proserpine, comes to Eleusis in Attica, Page I 2 3 IV. Triptolemus, the sick child of Celeus, is cured by Ceres 4 5 VI. Ariadne, deserted by Theseus, becomes the wife of Bacchus VII. Ariadne is changed into a Constellation 6 7 VIII. Silenus, whilst looking for the honey of Bacchus, finds 8 IX. Dædalus determines to fly away from Crete, and makes X. Dædalus and his son start on their journey XI. Icarus falls, and gives his name to the Icarian sea XIV. Proteus tells Aristæus how to renew his stock of bees 234 15 XVI. The power of poetry 16 XVII. Calypso tries to persuade Ulysses not to leave her XXII. The prophecy of Carmentis XXIII. Evander settles in Italy and there entertains Her- XXVII. After the death of Dido, the Numidians attack the 27 XXX. Romulus and Remus are turned adrift on the Tiber XXXIII. Romulus founds Rome XXXIV. The Death of Remus XXXV. Romulus' Citizens had no Wives Page 28 29 30 31 32 36 37 38 39 54 55 XXXVI. The Rape of the Sabines XXXVII. The captured Sabines reconcile their Fathers and XXXVIII. Romulus ascends to Heaven in a thunderstorm. He XXXIX. The Love of Money XL. The Ancile, or Sacred Shield XLI. The death of Servius Tullius. The Sceleratus Vicus XLIII. The Princes dispute about the virtue of their Wives XLV. The Praises of certain Poets XLVI. Three hundred and six Fabii undertake the Veien- XLVII. Destruction of the Fabii XLVIII. The Title of Augustus XLIX. Claudia Quinta and the Image of Cybele L. The Death of Tibullus LI. Though their poetry lives, yet Poets die LIII. New Year's Day LIV. Why does the Year begin in Winter instead of Spring? What is the meaning of New Year's wishes? LV. The Feriæ Sementivæ or Festival of Seed-time LVIII. The blessings to be asked of Pales LIX. The Feast of Terminus, God of Boundaries LX. The Villagers' hymn to the God Terminus 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 |