PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION THE LAND OF THE HEROES
CHAPTER I THE BABE HERAKLES
CHAPTER II HERAKLES IS DOOMED TO SERVE EURYSTHEUS
CHAPTER III THE FIRST LABOR THE NEMEAN LION
CHAPTER IV THE SECOND LABOR HERAKLES KILLS THE WATER-SNAKE OF LAKE LERNA
CHAPTER V THE THIRD LABOR THE GOLDEN-HORNED HIND
CHAPTER VI THE FOURTH LABOR THE ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
CHAPTER VII THE FIFTH LABOR HERAKLES CLEANS THE AUGEIAN STABLES
CHAPTER VIII THE SIXTH LABOR THE BIRDS OF STYMPHALOS
CHAPTER IX THE SEVENTH LABOR HERAKLES CATCHES THE MAD BULL OF CRETE
CHAPTER X THE EIGHTH LABOR THE HORSES OF DIOMEDES
CHAPTER XI THE NINTH LABOR THE GIRDLE OF HIPPOLYTE
CHAPTER XII THE TENTH LABOR THE CATTLE OF GERYON
CHAPTER XIII THE ELEVENTH LABOR THE GOLDEN APPLES OF HESPERIDES
CHAPTER XIV THE TWELFTH LABOR HERAKLES FETCHES CERBERUS OUT OF HADES
CHAPTER XV THESEUS, THE HERO OF ATHENS
CHAPTER XVI THE FIRST EXPLOITS OF THESEUS. HE FINDS HIS FATHER
CHAPTER XVII THE ADVENTURES OF THESEUS
CHAPTER XVIII THE ADVENTURES OF THESEUS
CHAPTER XIX JASON, THE HERO OF THESSALY
CHAPTER XX JASON CLAIMS HIS THRONE
CHAPTER XXI THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII JASON FINDS THE GOLDEN FLEECE
CHAPTER XXIII ORPHEUS, THE HERO OF THE LYRE
CHAPTER XXIV PELOPS, THE HERO OF THE PELOPONNESOS
CHAPTER XXV PERSEUS, THE HERO OF ARGOS
CHAPTER XXVI PERSEUS FINDS THE GORGONS
CHAPTER XXVII PERSEUS RESCUES ANDROMEDA
CHAPTER XXVIII PERSEUS BECOMES KING OF TIRYNS
CHAPTER XXIX TRIPTOLEMOS, THE HERO OF ELEUSIS, AND DEMETER, THE EARTH-MOTHER
CHAPTER XXX DEMETER'S GRIEF
CHAPTER XXXI DEMETER'S JOY
CHAPTER XXXII TRIPTOLEMOS BECOMES A HERO. DEMETER'S GIFT
CHAPTER XXXIII PROMETHEUS, THE CHAMPION OF MANKIND
CHAPTER XXXIV PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
CHAPTER XXXV DEUKALION, THE CHAMPION OF A NEW RACE
CHAPTER XXXVI DAEDALOS, A HERO OF INVENTION
CHAPTER XXXVII PHAETHON, A HERO OF BAD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE DEATH OF PHAETHON
VOCABULARY
Adapted from the Second Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece
BY
MARY E. BURT
Author of “Literary Landmarks,” “Stories from Plato,”
“Story of the German Iliad,” “The Child-Life Reading Study”;
Editor of “The Cable Story Book,” “The Eugene Field Book”;
Teacher in the John A. Browning School, New York City
AND
ZENAÏDE A. RAGOZIN
Author of “The Story of Chaldea,” “The Story of Assyria,”
Etc.; Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain
and Ireland, of the American Oriental Society, of the
SociÉtÉ Ethnologique of Paris, etc.
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1900
Copyright, 1900, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
TROW DIRECTORY
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY
NEW YORK
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Fanciful Tales. By Frank R. Stockton. Edited by Julia E. Langworthy. Introduction by Mary E. Burt.
The Hoosier School-Boy. By Edward Eggleston. Illustrated.
Children’s Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860. By Henrietta C. Wright.
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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca. By Mary E. Burt. A Translation of the Story of Odysseus as used in the Schools of Athens and Berlin. Fully Illustrated.
Poems of American Patriotism. Chosen by Brander Matthews. 285 pages.
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Herakles, the Hero of Thebes. By Mary E. Burt. A Translation of the Story of Herakles and other Greek Heroes, as used in the Schools of Athens. Illustrated.
HERAKLES SLAYING A CENTAUR.
(Giovanni Bologna.)
To
SEVEN
LITTLE GENTLEMEN
WILLIE MACY
REGGIE CHARLES
LOUIS OLIVER
GRISWOLD
