Α COMPENDIUM OF HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY: DRAWN FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES. FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES. BY E. A. GILBERT. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. PREFACE. AN acquaintance with the Mythology of the Ancients is an indispensable part of a liberal education; nevertheless, owing to the objectionable expressions introduced into works upon this subject, it is a branch of study much neglected in the education of young ladies, who, consequently, upon their entrance into society, are often confounded, both in conversation and in books, at elegant allusions which they are utterly unable to comprehend. With a view to obviate this inconvenience the following pages have been compiled, chiefly from "Lemprière's Classical Dictionary" and "Ovid's Meta a |