ABSTRACT
The possibility of appealing to children is well illustrated by tales of child exploits. The Nile dwarves swarming about the river-giant matches the story of the pygmies swarming over the sleeping Heracles. Hermes appears as a 1-day-old thief in a painting described by Philostratus and in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. It is perhaps too much to relate Callimachus’ Artemis in the Cyclops’ den to Goldilocks and the bears, but the memorable quality of child against hairy monster is present in both, as is the potential to scare young children.
