The Third Story Theseus. Part Two. How Theseus : p. 146 PART TWO HOW THESEUS SLEW THE DEVOURERS OF MEN SO Theseus stood there alone, with his mind full of many hopes. And first, he thought of going down to the harbour and hiring a swift ship, and sailing across the bay to Athens; but even that seemed too slow for him, and he longed for wings...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part Three : p. 74 PART THREE HOW THEY BUILT THE SHIP ARGO IN IOLCOS SO the heralds went out, and cried to all the heroes of the Minuai, "Who dare come to the adventure of the golden fleece?" And Hera stirred the hearts of all the princes, and they came from all their valleys to the yellow sands of Pagasai...
Untitled : This is Charles Kingsley's able retelling of the myths of Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Theseus for young adults, originally published circa 1856. Kingsley is best known as the author of Water Babies. Although this is not the first time this text has appeared on the Internet, this is...
The Third Story Theseus. Part One. How Theseus : p. 141 THE THIRD STORY--THESEUS PART ONE HOW THESEUS LIFTED THE STONE ONCE upon a time there was a princess in Trzene, Aithra, the daughter of Pittheus the king. She had one fair son, named Theseus, the bravest lad in all the land; and Aithra never smiled but when she looked at him, for her...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part One : p. 53 THE SECOND STORY--THE ARGONAUTS PART ONE HOW THE CENTAUR TRAINED THE HEROES ON PELION I have told you of a hero who fought with wild beasts and with wild men; but now I have a tale of heroes who sailed away into a distant land, to win themselves renown forever, in the adventure of the Golden...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part Five : p. 106 PART FIVE HOW THE ARGONAUTS WERE DRIVEN INTO THE UNKNOWN SEA SO they fled away in haste to the westward: but Aietes manned his fleet and followed them. And Lynceus the quick-eyed saw him coming, while he was still many a mile away, and cried, "I see a hundred ships, like a flock of white...
The Third Story Theseus. Part Four. How Theseus : p. 183 PART FOUR HOW THESEUS FELL BY HIS PRIDE BUT that fair Ariadne never came to Athens with her husband. Some say that Theseus left her sleeping on Naxos among the Cyclades; and that Dionusos the wine-king found her, and took her up into the sky, as you shall see some day in a painting of old...
Illustrations : ILLUSTRATIONS On they rushed, sweeping and flapping, like eagles "Frontispiece And when she cried, help met her "Page" 4 See if I do not bring a nobler present than all of yours together 14 Then they wept, and chattered and scolded; but in vain 22 So he stepped forward and saw them dancing 24...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part Six : p. 134 PART SIX WHAT WAS THE END OF THE HEROES? AND now I wish that I could end my story pleasantly; but it is no fault of mine that I cannot. The old songs end it sadly, and I believe that they are right and wise; for though the heroes were purified at Malea, yet sacrifices cannot make bad hearts...
The First Story Perseus. Part One. How Perseus : p. 1 THE HEROES THE FIRST STORY--PERSEUS PART ONE HOW PERSEUS AND HIS MOTHER CAME TO SERIPHOS ONCE upon a time there were two princes who were twins. Their names were Acrisius and Prtus, and they lived in the pleasant vale of Argos, far away in Hellas. They had fruitful meadows and vineyards...
The First Story Perseus. Part Five. How Perseus : p. 45 PART FIVE HOW PERSEUS CAME HOME AGAIN AND when a year was ended, Perseus hired Phnicians from Tyre, and cut down cedars, and built himself a noble galley; and painted its cheeks with vermilion, and pitched its sides with pitch; and in it he put Andromeda, and all her dowry of jewels...
The First Story Perseus. Part Four. How Perseus : p. 31 PART FOUR HOW PERSEUS CAME TO THE THIOPS SO Perseus flitted onward to the northeast, over many a league of sea, till he came to the rolling sand-hills and the dreary Lybian shore. And he flitted on across the desert: over rock-ledges, and banks of shingle, and level wastes of s...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part Four : p. 79 PART FOUR HOW THE ARGONAUTS SAILED TO COLCHIS AND what happened next, my children, whether it be true or not, stands written in ancient songs, which you shall read for yourselves some day. And grand old songs they are, written in grand old rolling verse; and they call them the Songs...
The First Story Perseus. Part Two. How Perseus : p. 7 PART TWO HOW PERSEUS VOWED A RASH VOW FIFTEEN years were past and gone, and the babe was now grown to be a tall lad and a sailor, and went many voyages after merchandise to the islands round. His mother called him Perseus: but all the people in Seriphos said that he was not the son of mortal...
Title Page : THE HEROES OR, GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR MY CHILDREN "BY" CHARLES KINGSLEY WITH SIXTY DRAWINGS By M. H. SQUIRE & E. MARS NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL, PUBLISHER [1901] Scanned , July, 2004. John Bruno Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public Domain. These Files May Be Used For Any Non-commercial Purpose...
Preface : PREFACE from the 1889 edition, omitted in later editions--JBH MY DEAR CHILDREN, Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them. Those of you who are boys will, perhaps, spend a great deal of time in reading Greek books;...
The Third Story Theseus. Part Three. How : p. 176 PART THREE HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR AND at last they came to Crete, and to Cnossus, beneath the peaks of Ida, and to the palace of Minos the great king, to whom Zeus himself taught laws. So he was the wisest of all mortal kings, and conquered all the gean isles; and his ships were...
The Second Story The Argonauts. Part Two : p. 63 PART TWO HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS AND ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man. Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side. Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese, to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise...
The First Story Perseus. Part Three. How : p. 20 PART THREE HOW PERSEUS SLEW THE GORGON SO Perseus started on his journey, going dry-shod over land and sea; and his heart was high and joyful, for the winged sandals bore him each day a seven days' journey. And he went by Cythnus, and by Ceos, and the pleasant Cyclades to Attica; and past...