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This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the 1941 printing of the work originally published by Longmans, Green and Co., London and New York, in 1907. We have slightly repositioned a few of the illustrations.

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TO

H. RIDER HAGGARD

CONTENTS.

ULYSSES THE SACKER OF CITIES.

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I.[THE BOYHOOD AND PARENTS OF ULYSSES]1
II.[HOW PEOPLE LIVED IN THE TIME OF ULYSSES]5
III.[THE WOOING OF HELEN OF THE FAIR HANDS]9
IV.[THE STEALING OF HELEN]13
V.[TROJAN VICTORIES]30
VI.[BATTLE AT THE SHIPS]38
VII.[THE SLAYING AND AVENGING OF PATROCLUS]45
VIII.[THE CRUELTY OF ACHILLES, AND THE RANSOMING OF HECTOR]53
IX.[HOW ULYSSES STOLE THE LUCK OF TROY]56
X.[THE BATTLES WITH THE AMAZONS AND MEMNON—THE DEATH OF ACHILLES]66
XI.[ULYSSES SAILS TO SEEK THE SON OF ACHILLES—THE VALOUR OF EURYPYLUS]79
XII.[THE SLAYING OF PARIS]87
XIII.[HOW ULYSSES INVENTED THE DEVICE OF THE HORSE OF TREE]92
XIV.[THE END OF TROY AND THE SAVING OF HELEN]96

THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES

I.[ THE SLAYING OF AGAMEMNON AND THE SORROWS OF ULYSSES]101
II.[THE ENCHANTRESS CIRCE, THE LAND OF THE DEAD, THE SIRENS]110
III.[THE WHIRLPOOL, THE SEA MONSTER, AND THE CATTLE OF THE SUN]118
IV.[HOW TELEMACHUS WENT TO SEEK HIS FATHER]122
V.[HOW ULYSSES ESCAPED FROM THE ISLAND OF CALYPSO]128
VI.[HOW ULYSSES WAS WRECKED, YET REACHED PHAEACIA]133
VII.[HOW ULYSSES CAME TO HIS OWN COUNTRY, ANDFOR SAFETY DISGUISED HIMSELF AS AN OLDBEGGAR MAN ]145
VIII.[ULYSSES COMES DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR TO HIS OWN PALACE]153
IX.[THE SLAYING OF THE WOOERS]163
X.[THE END]168

THE FLEECE OF GOLD

I.[THE CHILDREN OF THE CLOUD.]172
II.[THE SEARCH FOR THE FLEECE]180
III.[THE WINNING OF THE FLEECE]191

THESEUS

I.[THE WEDDING OF AETHRA]201
II.[THE BOYHOOD OF THESEUS]205
III.[ADVENTURES OF THESEUS]211
IV.[THESEUS FINDS HIS FATHER]226
V.[HERALDS COME FOR TRIBUTE]233
VI.[THESEUS IN CRETE]239
VII.[THE SLAYING OF THE MINOTAUR]247

PERSEUS

I.[THE PRISON OF DANAE]254
II.[THE VOW OF PERSEUS]261
III.[PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA]279
IV.[HOW PERSEUS AVENGED DANAE]284