Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

by Various

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

50 chapters15h 1mEnglish1912

About this book

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. (summary from book introduction) This collection consists of Volume 3, including many tales from Homer and Virgil among others. - Summary by William Patten

Chapters (49)

1How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 1

2128

2How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 2

1765

3Pegasus, the Winged Horse

3056

4The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece

933

5How Jason Lost His Sandal

1025

6How They Built the Ship Argo

473

7How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis

2651

8Hunting the Calydonian Boar

2180

9The Winning of Atalanta

2470

10Turning Everything into Gold

2239

11The Pomegranate Seeds Part 1

2580

12The Pomegranate Seeds Part 2

1776

13The Trojan War

396

14The Quarrel of the Chiefs

1124

15The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus

769

16The Duel Between Hector and Ajax

793

17The Deeds and Death of Patroclus

805

18The Death of Hector

1180

19The Ransoming of Hector

1304

20The Wooden Horse

400

21The Lotus-Eaters

493

22Ulysses and the Cyclops

1085

23Circe’s Palace Part 1

2613

24Circe’s Palace Part 2

1522

25Ulysses and the Sirens

477

26Nausicaa Rescues Ulysses

1104

27Ulysses and the Swineherd

531

28The Return of Telemachus

410

29Ulysses in His Home

844

30The Trial of the Bow

515

31The Vengeance of Ulysses

543

32The Remnant of the Defeated Army Seeks a New Home

750

33The Adventure with the Harpies

308

34Pursued by the Cyclops

706

35Venus Sends Æneas to Queen Dido

690

36Queen Dido Welcomes Æneas

854

37The Love and Death of Queen Dido

1330

38The Race of the Four Galleys

635

39The Foot Race

218

40The Boxing Match

349

41The Contest of the Archers

281

42The Sibyl Speaks to Æneas

590

43The Dwellings of the Dead

1427

44The Oracle Foretells the Coming of Æneas

204

45Æneas and His Companions Eat Their Tables

460

46The Fight Between Æneas and Turnus

803

47The Death of Turnus

743

48The Story of Romulus and of Numa

1284

49The Story of Alba

1768

Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

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