Apocryphal Tales

The stories in this collection tackle great events and figures of history, myth, and literature in unexpected ways, questioning views on such basic concepts as justice, progress, wisdom, belief, and patriotism.

Introduction

7

(4)

The Moving Business

11

(4)

Apocryphal Tales

15

(142)

The Punishment of Prometheus

15

(5)

Times Aren't What They Used To Be

20

(6)

Just Like Old Times

26

(3)

Thersites

29

(6)

Agathon, or Concerning Wisdom

35

(4)

Alexander the Great

39

(5)

The Death of Archimedes

44

(3)

The Roman Legions

47

(5)

The Ten Righteous

52

(5)

Pseudo-Lot, or Concerning Patriotism

57

(5)

Holy Night

62

(3)

Martha and Mary

65

(6)

Lazarus

71

(4)

The Five Loaves

75

(4)

Benchanan

79

(4)

The Crucifixion

83

(3)

Pilate's Evening

86

(3)

Pilate's Creed

89

(4)

The Emperor Diocletian

93

(5)

Attila

98

(6)

Iconoclasm

104

(8)

Brother Francis

112

(4)

Ophir

116

(7)

Goneril, Daughter of Lear

123

(4)

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

127

(8)

Don Juan's Confession

135

(7)

Romeo and Juliet

142

(6)

Master Hynek Rab of Kufstejn

148

(5)

Napoleon

153

(4)

Fables

157

(1)

Would-Be Tales

158

(32)

The Libertine

158

(4)

The Lawsuit

162

(3)

The First Guest

165

(3)

Tonda

168

(3)

The Man Who Knew How To Fly

171

(8)

The Anonymous Letter

179

(5)

Ten Centavos

184

(6)

Chronological List of Apocryphal Tales

190

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