King Polydectes challenged Perseus to bring him the head of the dreaded monster Medusa, who turned to stone all who dared to look at her face. But it is dangerous to challenge a hero as clever as...

A milkmaid and a thresher—two pretty 18th-century porcelain ornaments in a beautiful drawing room—love each other dearly. Alas, the charming milkmaid is betrothed to the hideous "Goat Head" figure on...