Herakles: The Hero of Thebes and Other Heroes of the Myth

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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900 - Childrens books - 146 pages
 

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Page iii - The rapidity of action in the stories of Herakles, Jason, and other Heroes of the Myth, the prowess and courage and untiring endurance of the men, render the characters worthy subjects of thought to young minds, and have secured the stories a permanent place in educational literature. It is not elegant literature alone that boys need, but inspiring ideals which will impel them to stand fearlessly to their guns, to do the hard thing with untiring perseverance, to reach the result with unerring insight.
Page 78 - Sisyphos, who was compelled to roll a stone to the top of a...
Page 60 - The women followed the queen's advice and the next year there was a great famine in the land. The women did not dare to tell their secret, although their families were beginning to starve.
Page 4 - Herakles promised, and the countryman went with him to show him the way. When they reached the place where traces of the lion were THE PRIESTESS OF APOLLO AT DELPHI.
Page 61 - Phrixos sacrificed the ram to Zeus and hung up the golden fleece in a grove which was sacred to Ares, the God of War.

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