The Epic Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781836716112)

These are 12 tales drawn from mythology, mostly of misguided love:

Apollo who falls passionately for the frigid Daphne.

Acteaon's lust for Diana, Goddess of chastity.

Orpheus and his lost love Euridice.

The brotherly love between Achilles and Patroclus during the Trojan war, fatal for both of them.

The sculptor Pygmalion creating a statue with which he falls in love and which Aphrodite brings to life for him.

Abelard in life denied his love for Hèloise, which is the most famous romance of the Middle Ages.

Lucretia who kills herself for shame after being raped by Tarquin.

The first murder and the price Cain paid for it.

Phèdre loved by Theseus but who loves her stepson Hippolytus.

Dido with her unreciprocated love for Aeneas.

The folly committed by Ariadne which results in the killing of the Minotaur

And finally,

The opportunist Semele who is lured to disaster by Jupiter's jealous wife Juno.