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Acropolis Ægeus Æthra Akrisios Alkmene Apollo Arcadia Argos arms arrows Athens babe beautiful beloved Boar Bull called cattle cave Centaurs CHAPTER chariot Crete Dædalos daughter deeds Demeter Deukalion earth Eleusis Elis Enomaos Eurydike Eurystheus Eurystheus ordered Herakles father fire flew gave Geryon goddess gods Golden Fleece Greece Greeks grew Hades head heard heart heavens Helios Hephæstos Hera Herakles to bring Herakles took herds heroes hills honor horses Ikaros Iolaos Iolkos island Jason Kepheus killed king Kronos LABOR-THE lake Lake Lerna land Lerna lion lived look Minos monster mother mountain Mykenæ numbers Oracle Orpheus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phaethon Phineus Pholos Phrixos plain Poseidon Prometheus promised reached rivers rocks sacred sailed sandals sent ship slew snake spring stone Story temple terrible thee Theseus theus thou threw throne told Triptolemos wife wild beasts winged wonder youth Zeus
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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.