Bulfinch's Mythology

I've actually been reading this for the past four days, but...

It's a good book, full of legends from Greek/Roman mythology. There's a whole lot of them; you don't get a fraction from history class, other books, or that old Hercules show.

There also seems to be a few common trends. If someone angers a god, and get turned into a lesser animal (like a spider). If someone earns a reward, they get turned into a bird. There was even one where an old couple showed kindness to Jupiter/Zeus and Mercury/whoever in diguise, wished to die at the same time, and then got turned into trees.

The most memorable one I've run into was one that was extremely similar to "Romeo and Juliet." Two lovers were kept apart by their families, so they decided to meet in a hidden grove. The girl gets there first, sees a lion with a bloodied mouth, drops her veil while running, and the lion tears it up. When the boy gets there, he sees the veil, thinks she was killed, and stabs himself. When the girl gets back, she stabs herself too. Happy ending for everyone!