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. You may come to see, I may say every day, things which we should not have had if it had not been for these old Greeks. You can hardly find a well-written...
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The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales: Illustrated is Charles Kingsley retelling of the myths of Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Theseus for young adults. Kingsley is best known as the author of Water Babies. Although this is not the first time this text has appeared on the Internet,...
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These three greek legends were been retold by the incomparable Charles Kingsley for his own children, and now you can share them with yours. Follow along as Perseus with his winged sandals travels the world to defeat the Gorgon Medusa, and saves Andromeda from the sea...
The inspiring adventures and stirring deeds of three of the greatest heroes of mythology spring to vivid life in these pages. Charles Kingsley, author of The Water-Babies and one of the Victorian age's most brilliant storytellers, recounts for young readers the legendary...
Once upon a time there were two princes who were twins. Their names were Acrisius and Proetus, and they lived in the pleasant vale of Argos, far away in Hellas. They had fruitful meadows and vineyards, sheep and oxen, great herds of horses feeding down in Lerna Fen, and all that...