This book is a collection of the well-known Greek mythological tales in short story form, as compiled by Josephine Preston Peabody. The tales themselves span the themes of romance, heroism in battle, treachery, greed for gain and all the traits found in humans and gods. It features a great number of the familiar Greek characters such as Midas, Prometheus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Icarus, Oedipus and Cupid.