Herakles, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth / Adapted from the Second Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

by Mary E. Burt; Zénaïde A. Ragozin

Mary E. Burt.

The John A. Browning School,
New York, March 15, 1900.

CONTENTS

		PAGE
Introduction		[xi]
CHAPTER
I.	The Babe Herakles	[1]
II.	Herakles is Doomed to Serve Eurystheus	[4]
III.	The First Labor—The Nemean Lion	[6]
IV.	The Second Labor—Herakles Kills the Water-Snake of Lake Lerna	[9]
V.	The Third Labor—The Golden-Horned Hind	[12]
VI.	The Fourth Labor—The Erymanthian Boar	[15]
VII.	The Fifth Labor—Herakles Cleans the Augeian Stables	[19]
VIII.	The Sixth Labor—The Birds of Stymphalos	[22]
IX.	The Seventh Labor—Herakles Catches the Mad Bull of Crete	[24]
X.	The Eighth Labor—The Horses of Diomedes	[25]
XI.	The Ninth Labor—The Girdle of Hippolyte	[27]
XII.	The Tenth Labor—The Cattle of Geryon	[30]
XIII.	The Eleventh Labor—The Golden Apples of Hesperides	[35]
XIV.	The Twelfth Labor—Herakles Fetches Cerberus Out of Hades	[40]
XV.	Theseus, the Hero of Athens	[43]
XVI.	The First Exploits of Theseus. He Finds His Father	[47]
XVII.	The Adventures of Theseus	[51]
XVIII.	The Adventures of Theseus	[56]
XIX.	Jason, the Hero of Thessaly	[60]
XX.	Jason Claims His Throne	[63]
XXI.	The Expedition	[69]
XXII.	Jason Finds the Golden Fleece	[74]
XXIII.	Orpheus, the Hero of the Lyre	[78]
XXIV.	Pelops, the Hero of the Peloponnesos	[83]
XXV.	Perseus, the Hero of Argos	[87]
XXVI.	Perseus Finds the Gorgons	[92]
XXVII.	Perseus Rescues Andromeda	[95]
XXVIII.	Perseus Becomes King of Tiryns	[100]
XXIX.	Triptolemos, the Hero of Eleusis, and Demeter, the Earth-Mother	[103]
XXX.	Demeter’s Grief	[106]
XXXI.	Demeter’s Joy	[111]
XXXII.	Triptolemos Becomes a Hero. Demeter’s Gift	[116]
XXXIII.	Prometheus, the Champion of Mankind	[118]
XXXIV.	Prometheus Unbound	[122]
XXXV.	Deukalion, the Champion of a New Race	[126]
XXXVI.	Dædalos, a Hero of Invention	[132]
XXXVII.	Phaethon, a Hero of Bad Fortune	[136]
XXXVIII.	The Death of Phaethon	[141]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Herakles Slaying a Centaur	[Frontispiece]
	FACING PAGE
The Priestess of Apollo at Delphi	[6]
The Temple to Theseus at the Foot of the Acropolis in Athens	[60]
Orpheus Leading Eurydike Out of Hades	[80]
The Return of Persephone	[114]
Dædalos and Ikaros	[134]

INTRODUCTION
THE LAND OF THE HEROES