The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome
Junior Classics
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The Junior Classics
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL. D. PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph. D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917
VOLUME THREE
Tales from Greece and Rome
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The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
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
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
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
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
STORIES FROM ROMAN HISTORY
THE STORY OF ROMULUS AND OF NUMA
THE STORY OF ALBA
