The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who lived before Achilles

About this eBook

Author

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

Title

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

Credits

Produced by Dianne Bean. HTML version by Al Haines.

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Argonauts (Greek mythology) -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2395

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2395

Release Date

November 1, 2000

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND THE HEROES WHO LIVED BEFORE ACHILLES — BY
2. 2.PADRAIC COLUM
3. 3.CONTENTS — PART I. The Voyage to Colchis — PART II. The Return To Greece — PART III. The Heroes of the Quest
4. 4.PART I. The Voyage to Colchis — I. THE YOUTH JASON — II. KING PELIAS — III. THE GOLDEN FLEECE — IV. THE ASSEMBLING OF THE HEROES AND THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP — V. THE ARGO — THE BEGINNING OF THINGS — VI. POLYDEUCES' VICTORY AND HERACLES' LOSS — VII. KING PHINEUS — VIII. KING PHINEUS'S COUNSEL; THE LANDING IN LEMNOS — IX. THE LEMNIAN MAIDENS — Demeter And Persephone — I — II — III — IV — Atalanta's Race — X. THE DEPARTURE FROM LEMNOS — The Golden Maid — XI. THE PASSAGE OF THE SYMPLEGADES — XII. THE MOUNTAIN CAUCASUS — Prometheus
5. 5.PART II. The Return To Greece — I. KING ÆETES — II. MEDEA THE SORCERESS — III. THE WINNING OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE — IV. THE SLAYING OF APSYRTUS — V. MEDEA COMES TO CIRCE — VI. IN THE LAND OF THE PHAEACIANS — VII. THEY COME TO THE DESERT LAND — VIII. THE CARRYING OUT OF THE ARGO — THE STORY OF PERSEUS — IX. NEAR TO IOLCUS AGAIN
6. 6.PART III. The Heroes of the Quest — I. ATALANTA THE HUNTRESS — I — II — III — II. PELEUS AND HIS BRIDE FROM THE SEA — I — II — III — III. THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IV. THE LIFE AND LABORS OF HERACLES — I — II — THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE — V. ADMETUS — I — II — III — VI. HOW ORPHEUS THE MINSTREL WENT DOWN TO THE WORLD OF THE DEAD — VII. JASON AND MEDEA

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