The Heroes - Greek Fairy Tales: Three Fantastic Fairy Stories for Children (Illustrated)

This book contains several Greek hero tales, which have been rewritten for Christian children. This is a good book to read to your young aspiring mythologists. The stories are those of Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The details titles of the subsections are: (1) Perseus: How Perseus and his mother came to Seriphos, How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow, How Perseus slew the Gorgon, How Perseus came to the Æthiops, (2) The Argonauts: How the Centaur trained the Heroes on Pelion, How Jason lost his sandal in Anauros, How they built the ship `Argo' in Iolcos, How the Argonauts sailed to Colchis, How the Argonauts were driven into the Unknown Sea, What was the end of the Heroes, (3) Theseus: How Theseus lifted the stone, How Theseus slew the devourers of men, How Theseus slew the minotaur, How Theseus fell by his pride. The stories are amply illustrated. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.