The Heroes

Charles Kingsley

Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook, or read online. This book has 104 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1889.

Description

The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, is an 1889 book by Charles Kingsley. A collection of 15 tales including, 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, How Perseus came home again, 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; How Theseus lifted the Stone; How Theseus slew the Devourers of Men; How Theseus slew the Minotaur; and, How Theseus fell by his Pride.

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