The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

About this eBook

Editor

Patten, William, 1868-1936

Credits

E-text prepared for EMMY by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project ( books.google.com)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mythology, Classical -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56887

Release Date

April 1, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared for EMMY by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project ( https://books.google.com ) — The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.THE PRINCIPAL GODS AND GODDESSES MENTIONED IN THESE PAGES WITH THEIR LATIN AND GREEK NAMES
6. 6.OLD GREEK TALES — HOW THESEUS SLAYS THE MINOTAUR — PEGASUS, THE WINGED HORSE — THE HEROES SAIL AWAY IN SEARCH OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE — HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL — HOW THEY BUILT THE SHIP “ARGO” — HOW THE ARGONAUTS SAILED TO COLCHIS — HUNTING THE CALYDONIAN BOAR — THE WINNING OF ATALANTA — TURNING EVERYTHING INTO GOLD — THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS
7. 7.TALES OF THE TROJAN WAR — THE TROJAN WAR — THE QUARREL OF THE CHIEFS — THE FIGHT BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS — THE DUEL BETWEEN HECTOR AND AJAX — THE DEEDS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS — THE DEATH OF HECTOR — THE RANSOMING OF HECTOR — THE WOODEN HORSE
8. 8.THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE OF THE GREEK HERO ULYSSES — THE LOTUS-EATERS — ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS — CIRCE’S PALACE — ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS — NAUSICAA RESCUES ULYSSES — ULYSSES AND THE SWINEHERD — THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS — ULYSSES IN HIS HOME — THE TRIAL OF THE BOW — THE VENGEANCE OF ULYSSES
9. 9.THE WANDERINGS OF ÆNEAS — THE REMNANT OF THE DEFEATED ARMY SEEKS A NEW HOME — THE ADVENTURE WITH THE HARPIES — PURSUED BY THE CYCLOPS — VENUS SENDS ÆNEAS TO QUEEN DIDO — QUEEN DIDO WELCOMES ÆNEAS — THE LOVE AND DEATH OF QUEEN DIDO — THE RACE OF THE FOUR GALLEYS — THE FOOT RACE — THE BOXING MATCH — THE CONTEST OF THE ARCHERS — THE SIBYL SPEAKS TO ÆNEAS — THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD — THE ORACLE FORETELLS THE COMING OF ÆNEAS — ÆNEAS AND HIS COMPANIONS EAT THEIR TABLES — THE FIGHT BETWEEN ÆNEAS AND TURNUS — THE DEATH OF TURNUS
10. 10.STORIES FROM ROMAN HISTORY — THE STORY OF ROMULUS AND OF NUMA — THE STORY OF ALBA

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