The Copybook: Readings in history and literature

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The Doom of the Danaides by Clay Lane

By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.

14

A Tail of Woe translated by William Caxton

Reynard the Fox was mortified to hear his efforts to rescue Isegrim’s wife from a frozen lake had been misinterpreted.

15

The Lion’s Share by Sir Roger L’Estrange

Following a succesful hunting partnership, the Lion explains how the spoils are to be divided.

16

The Fall of Icarus by Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Trapped in Crete with his son Icarus, the craftsman and inventor Daedalus realises a bold and desperate plan to get away.

17

Lover’s Leap by Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison tells the legend of the great Greek poetess Sappho and the Lover’s Leap.

18

The Goat and the Lion by P. V. Ramaswami Raju

A herd of goats is threatened by a pride of lions, and it falls to one brave billy to face the danger alone.

Myths, Fairytales and Legends