ILLUSTRATIONS
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Odin Bids Farewell to Brunhild before He Surrounds Her by a Barrier of Fire (Frontispiece) From the painting by Th. Pixis
Oedipus Solving the Sphinx's Riddle From the painting by Ingres
Achilles Disguised as a Girl Testing the Sword in Ulysses' Pack From the painting by Battoni
Circe and Ulysses' Companions Turned into Swine By L. Chalon
Venus Meeting Aeneas and Achates Near Carthage From the painting by Cortona
Roland at Roncevaux From the painting by L.F. Guesnet
The Palace Where Inez de Castro Lived and was Murdered
Dante Interviewing Hugues Capet From an illustration by R. Galli
Hermione Finds Tancred Wounded From the painting by Nicolas Poussin
The Body of Elaine on its Way to King Arthur's Palace By Gustave Dora
Una and the Red Cross Knight From the painting by George Frederick Watts
The Heralds Summon Lucifer's Host to a Council at Pandemonium By Gustave Dore
The Dead Sigfried Rome Back to Worms From the painting by Th. Pixis
St. John the Evangelist at Patmos Writing the Apocalypse From the painting by Correggio
Sita Soothing Rama to Sleep From a Calcutta print
The Monk Breaks into the Robbers' House to Rescue White Aster From a Japanese print
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