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The Catasterismi or Catasterisms (Greek Καταστερισμοί Katasterismoi, "Constellations" or "Placings Among the Stars" [1]) is a lost work by Eratosthenes of Cyrene. It was a comprehensive compendium of astral mythology including origin myths of the stars and constellations .
In an ancient Sumerian poem, a fly helps the goddess Inanna when her husband Dumuzid is being chased by galla demons. [10] Flies also appear on Old Babylonian seals as symbols of Nergal, the god of death [10] and fly-shaped lapis lazuli beads were often worn by many different cultures in ancient Mesopotamia, along with other kinds of fly-jewellery. [10]
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of tales from myth and legend rewritten for a general readership by the American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, published after his death in 1867. The work was a successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers.
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"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story . The frame story is that Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood , an area in Lenox, Massachusetts ...
Cover page of first edition (1853) 1921 edition illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.
The poem features words from "Philomythos" (myth-lover) to "Misomythos" (myth-hater) who defends mythology and myth-making as a creative art about "fundamental things". [4] It begins by addressing C. S. Lewis as the Misomythos, who at the time was sceptical of any truth in mythology: