She was born at midnight, January 1, the year 2000. As she grew, she was never sick, and her strength and intelligence were far above that of her peers--she was the perfect child. But when the truth about her comes to light, it sets off an international race to possess her secret--a secret that the world may not be ready to learn.

First published in 1987, this is a critical edition of the 1647 text by the Scottish author Alexander Ross which offered the Renaissance reader not only a wealth of factual information concerning the gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters of ancient myth and legend, but also served as a treasury of interpretation and commentary ingeniously explaining the facts in terms moral, theological, historical and scientific.