The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 1
Ancient IndiaSanskrit is the classical language of the Hindus of ancient India. Practically the whole of that extraordinary literature which began with the Vedas and culminated some time before the close of the Middle...
Orpheus and Eurydice 1
Ovid (43 B.C.—18 A.D.?)Publius Ovidius Naso, better known to readers of English as Ovid, was born not far from Rome, and spent the latter part of his life in exile. The Metamorphoses, his most...
The Robbers of Egypt 1
Heliodorus (3rd Century, A.D.)Heliodorus was one of the earliest writers of the novel, or romance. Though he lived long after the close of the Golden Age of Greek lit-erature, he is (together with Longus)...
King Rhampsinitus and the Thief 2
King`s treasuryThe daughter did as her father willed, whereon the thief, who was well aware of the king`s motive, felt a desire to outdo him m craft and cunning. Accordingly he contrived the following...
Zheravna Festival
Private tours Bulgaria. Bulgaria is no different from any other country in the world. It has its own history, heroes, legends. It surely had its falls and pinnacle. Bulgaria is inviting you on private...
Rhodope Mountains – Legends and Reality
Today’s train of tour Bulgaria is leaving the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia (private tour Sofia), to travel to the Rhodope Mountains. It stops at stations that tell legends for the mountain. These are interesting...
The Specter Bridegroom part 13
How long the good old lady would have observed this promise is uncertain, for she dearly loved to talk of the marvelous, and there is a triumph in being the first to tell a...
The Specter Bridegroom part 12
But, whatever may have been the doubts entertained, they were completely put to an end by the arrival, next day, of regular missives confirming the intelligence of the young Count`s murder, and his interment...
The Specter Bridegroom part 11
“What! going to leave the castle at midnight? Why, everything was prepared for his reception; a chamber was ready for him if he wished to retire.”The stranger shook his head mournfully and mysteriously: “I...
The Specter Bridegroom part 10
The feast went on merrily, or at least noisily, for the guests were all blessed with those keen appetites that attend upon light purses and mountain air. The Baron told his best and longest...
