| The most ancient times are buried in oblivion and silence: to that silence succeeded the fables of the poets: to those fables the written records which have come down to us. |
| —Preface |
Francis
Bacon |
Of the Wisdom of the Ancients
Francis Bacon
Bibliographic Record
Preface
Contents
LONDON: LONGMAN, 1857
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2010 |
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Index of the Fables of Ancient Wisdom
Contained in This Book |
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| I. |
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Cassandra, or Plainness of Speech |
| II. |
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Typhon, or the Rebel |
| III. |
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The Cyclopes, or Ministers of Terror |
| IV. |
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Narcissus, or Self-love |
| V. |
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Styx, or Treaties |
| VI. |
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Pan, or Nature |
| VII. |
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Perseus, or War |
| VIII. |
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Endymion, or the Favourite |
| IX. |
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The Sister of the Giants, or Fame |
| X. |
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Actæon and Pentheus, or Curiosity |
| XI. |
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Orpheus, or Philosophy |
| XII. |
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Cœlum, or the Origin of Things |
| XIII. |
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Proteus, or Matter |
| XIV. |
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Memnon, or the Early-ripe |
| XV. |
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Tithonus, or Satiety |
| XVI. |
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Juno’s Suitor, or Dishonour |
| XVII. |
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Cupid, or the Atom |
| XVIII. |
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Diomedes, or Religious Zeal |
| XIX. |
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Dædalus, or the Mechanic |
| XX. |
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Ericthonius, or Imposture |
| XXI. |
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Deucalion, or Restoration |
| XXII. |
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Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things |
| XXIII. |
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Achelous, or the Battle |
| XXIV. |
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Dionysus, or Desire |
| XXV. |
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Atalanta, or Profit |
| XXVI. |
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Prometheus, or the State of Man |
| XXVII. |
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The Flight of Icarus, also Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way |
| XXVIII. |
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Sphinx, or Science |
| XXIX. |
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Proserpina, or Spirit |
| XXX. |
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Metis, or Counsel |
| XXXI. |
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The Sirens, or Pleasure |
