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

by Unknown

CONTENTS

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Preface		[9]
Table of Latin and Greek Gods		[12]
Old Greek Tales
How Theseus Slays the Minotaur	Nathaniel Hawthorne	[15]
Pegasus, the Winged Horse	Nathaniel Hawthorne	[51]
The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece	Charles Kingsley	[80]
How Jason Lost His Sandal	Charles Kingsley	[88]
How They Built the Ship Argo	Charles Kingsley	[98]
How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis	Charles Kingsley	[102]
Hunting the Calydonian Boar	Elsie F. Buckley	[128]
The Winning of Atalanta	Elsie F. Buckley	[148]
Turning Everything into Gold	Nathaniel Hawthorne	[172]
The Pomegranate Seeds	Nathaniel Hawthorne	[193]
Tales of the Trojan War—From Homer
The Trojan War	Thomas Bulfinch	[237]
The Quarrel of the Chiefs	Alfred J. Church	[240]
The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus	Alfred J. Church	[251]
The Duel Between Hector and Ajax	Alfred J. Church	[257]
The Deeds and Death of Patroclus	Alfred J. Church	[265]
The Death of Hector	Alfred J. Church	[272]
The Ransoming of Hector	Alfred J. Church	[283]
The Wooden Horse	Grace Bigelow Patten	[295]
The Homeward Voyage of the Greek Hero, Ulysses—From Homer
The Lotus-Eaters	Sir George W. Cox	[301]
Ulysses and the Cyclops	Sir George W. Cox	[305]
Circe’s Palace	Nathaniel Hawthorne	[315]
Ulysses and the Sirens	Sir George W. Cox	[353]
Nausicaa Rescues Ulysses	Alfred J. Church	[357]
Ulysses and the Swineherd	Alfred J. Church	[368]
The Return of Telemachus	Alfred J. Church	[373]
Ulysses in His Home	Alfred J. Church	[377]
The Trial of the Bow	Alfred J. Church	[384]
The Vengeance of Ulysses	Alfred J. Church	[389]
The Wanderings of Æneas—From Virgil
The Remnant of the Defeated Army Seeks a New Home	Thomas Bulfinch and Alfred J. Church	[397]
The Adventure with the Harpies	H. L. Havell	[403]
Pursued by the Cyclops	H. L. Havell	[406]
Venus Sends Æneas to Queen Dido	Alfred J. Church	[412]
Queen Dido Welcomes Æneas	Alfred J. Church	[418]
The Love and Death of Queen Dido	Alfred J. Church	[425]
The Race of the Four Galleys	H. L. Havell	[437]
The Foot Race	H. L. Havell	[443]
The Boxing Match	H. L. Havell	[445]
The Contest of the Archers	H. L. Havell	[448]
The Sibyl Speaks to Æneas	Alfred J. Church	[450]
The Dwellings of the Dead	Alfred J. Church	[455]
The Oracle Foretells the Coming of Æneas	H. L. Havell	[467]
Æneas and His Companions Eat Their Tables	H. L. Havell	[469]
The Fight Between Æneas and Turnus	H. L. Havell	[473]
The Death of Turnus	H. L. Havell	[480]
Stories from Roman History—From Livy
The Story of Romulus and of Numa	Alfred J. Church	[489]
The Story of Alba	Alfred J. Church	[500]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Wine was mingled with the most potent Enchantments]

Circe’s Palace

Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Maxfield Parrish

[The Quest of the Golden Fleece]

The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece

From the painting by Maxfield Parrish

[On the Bank of Anauros sat a Woman, all wrinkled, gray, and old]

How Jason Lost His Sandal

From the painting by T. H. Robinson

[Jason and the Talking Oak]

How They Built the Ship Argo

From the painting by Maxfield Parrish

[Chiron, the Centaur]

How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis

From the painting by Maxfield Parrish

[Paris carried her to Troy]

The Trojan War

From the painting by R. von Deutsch

[Then Automedon yoked the Horses to the Chariot]

The Deeds and Death of Patroclus

From the painting by H. Regnault

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