Ulysses the sacker of cities -- The boyhood and parents of Ulysses -- How people lived in the time of Ulysses -- The wooing of Helen of the fair hands -- The stealing of Helen -- Trojan victories -- Battle at the ships -- The slaying and avenging of Patroclus -- The cruelty of Achilles, and the ransoming of Hector -- How Ulysses stole the luck of Troy -- The battles with the Amazons and Memnon--the death of Achilles -- Ulysses sails to seek the son of Achilles--the valour of Eurypylus -- The slaying of Paris -- How Ulysses invented the device of the horse of tree -- The end of Troy and the saving of Helen -- The wanderings of Ulysses -- The slaying of Agamemnon and the sorrows of Ulysses -- The enchantress Circe, the land of the dead, the sirens -- The whirlpool, the sea monster, and the cattle of the sun -- How Telemachus went to seek his father -- How Ulysses escaped from the island of Calypso -- How Ulysses was wrecked, yet reached Phaeacia -- How Ulysses came to his own country, and for safety disguised himself as an old beggar man -- Ulysses comes disguised as a beggar to his own palace -- The slaying of the wooers -- The end -- The fleece of gold -- The children of the cloud -- The search for the fleece -- The winning of the fleece -- Theseus -- The wedding of Aethra -- The boyhood of Theseus -- Adventures of Theseus -- Theseus finds his father -- Heralds come for tribute -- Theseus in Crete -- The slaying of the Minotaur Perseus -- The prison of Danae -- The vow of Perseus -- Perseus and Andromeda -- How Perseus avenged Danae.
Summary:
A collection of over thirty tales from Greek mythology featuring characters such as Ulysses, Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Theseus, Perseus, and Jason.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.