# The legend of Perseus, Volume 1 (of 3)

Author: Hartland, Edwin Sidney, 1848-1927

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71074

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+legend+of+Perseus%2C+Volume+1+%28of+3%29+Hartland&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The classical story of Perseus--Its localisation in Greece, in Latium and at Joppa--References by Herodotus--The Assyrian hero, Gilgames--References by Ælian--The three leading trains of incident--Modern folktales--The Danae type in Italy and Greece--The Irish saga of Balor and MacKineely--German, Swedish, and Russian stories.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II NOTES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/7/index.md)
- [iii. De Nino, 1; from Pisa, Comparetti, 195; from Rufina in Tuscany,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-legend-of-perseus-volume-1-of-3-71074/chapters/2/index.md)