The Children's Hour - Stories From the Classics
"Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower comes a pause in the days occupations, that is known as the Children’s Hour.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR
VOLUME III
The Children’s Hour
STORIES FROM THE CLASSICS

STORIES FROM HERODOTUS
Ladronius, The Prince of Thieves
Arion and the Dolphin
STORIES FROM LIVY
Romulus, Founder of Rome
How Horatius Held the Bridge
How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
The Story of Virginia
The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius
STORIES FROM OVID
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Golden Touch
The Pomegranate Seeds
OLD GREEK FOLK-STORIES
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Dædalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Pyramus and Thisbe
STORIES OF THE TROJAN WAR
The Apple of Discord
The Quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
The Fight between Paris and Menelaus
The Duel between Hector and Ajax
The Death of Patroclus and the Battle of the River
Vulcan Makes Armor for Achilles
The Slaying of Hector
The Funeral Games in Honor of Patroclus
The Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES
An Adventure with the Cyclops
Circe’s Palace
The Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis
ULYSSES IN ITHACA
Ulysses Lands on the Shore of Ithaca
Ulysses at the House of the Swineherd
The Vengeance of Ulysses
THE WANDERINGS OF THE TROJAN ÆNEAS
The Flight of Æneas from the Ruins of Troy
Æneas’s Adventure with the Harpies
Æneas in the Land of the Cyclops
Æneas and Queen Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
Æneas’s Visit to the Lower World
Æneas’s First Great Battle with the Latins
Æneas Finally Conquers the Latins

The greater part of this book is made up of stories from the poems of Homer and Virgil. Homer is thought to have lived in Greece about three thousand years ago, and yet his poems never seem old-fashioned and people do not tire of reading them. Boys and girls almost always like them, because they are so full of stories. If you want to read about giants or mermaids or shipwrecks or athletic contests or enchanters or furious battles or the capture of cities or voyages to strange countries, all you have to do is to open ......." and read this great book for children whether you choose to read them as bed time stories or allow your young reader to venture out on their own.

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The Children's Hour - Stories From the Classics
"Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower comes a pause in the days occupations, that is known as the Children’s Hour.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR
VOLUME III
The Children’s Hour
STORIES FROM THE CLASSICS

STORIES FROM HERODOTUS
Ladronius, The Prince of Thieves
Arion and the Dolphin
STORIES FROM LIVY
Romulus, Founder of Rome
How Horatius Held the Bridge
How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
The Story of Virginia
The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius
STORIES FROM OVID
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Golden Touch
The Pomegranate Seeds
OLD GREEK FOLK-STORIES
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Dædalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Pyramus and Thisbe
STORIES OF THE TROJAN WAR
The Apple of Discord
The Quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
The Fight between Paris and Menelaus
The Duel between Hector and Ajax
The Death of Patroclus and the Battle of the River
Vulcan Makes Armor for Achilles
The Slaying of Hector
The Funeral Games in Honor of Patroclus
The Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES
An Adventure with the Cyclops
Circe’s Palace
The Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis
ULYSSES IN ITHACA
Ulysses Lands on the Shore of Ithaca
Ulysses at the House of the Swineherd
The Vengeance of Ulysses
THE WANDERINGS OF THE TROJAN ÆNEAS
The Flight of Æneas from the Ruins of Troy
Æneas’s Adventure with the Harpies
Æneas in the Land of the Cyclops
Æneas and Queen Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
Æneas’s Visit to the Lower World
Æneas’s First Great Battle with the Latins
Æneas Finally Conquers the Latins

The greater part of this book is made up of stories from the poems of Homer and Virgil. Homer is thought to have lived in Greece about three thousand years ago, and yet his poems never seem old-fashioned and people do not tire of reading them. Boys and girls almost always like them, because they are so full of stories. If you want to read about giants or mermaids or shipwrecks or athletic contests or enchanters or furious battles or the capture of cities or voyages to strange countries, all you have to do is to open ......." and read this great book for children whether you choose to read them as bed time stories or allow your young reader to venture out on their own.

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The Children's Hour - Stories From the Classics

The Children's Hour - Stories From the Classics

by Eva March Tappan (Editor)
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The Children's Hour - Stories From the Classics

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"Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower comes a pause in the days occupations, that is known as the Children’s Hour.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR
VOLUME III
The Children’s Hour
STORIES FROM THE CLASSICS

STORIES FROM HERODOTUS
Ladronius, The Prince of Thieves
Arion and the Dolphin
STORIES FROM LIVY
Romulus, Founder of Rome
How Horatius Held the Bridge
How Cincinnatus Saved Rome
The Story of Virginia
The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius
STORIES FROM OVID
The Miraculous Pitcher
The Golden Touch
The Pomegranate Seeds
OLD GREEK FOLK-STORIES
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Dædalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Pyramus and Thisbe
STORIES OF THE TROJAN WAR
The Apple of Discord
The Quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
The Fight between Paris and Menelaus
The Duel between Hector and Ajax
The Death of Patroclus and the Battle of the River
Vulcan Makes Armor for Achilles
The Slaying of Hector
The Funeral Games in Honor of Patroclus
The Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES
An Adventure with the Cyclops
Circe’s Palace
The Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis
ULYSSES IN ITHACA
Ulysses Lands on the Shore of Ithaca
Ulysses at the House of the Swineherd
The Vengeance of Ulysses
THE WANDERINGS OF THE TROJAN ÆNEAS
The Flight of Æneas from the Ruins of Troy
Æneas’s Adventure with the Harpies
Æneas in the Land of the Cyclops
Æneas and Queen Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
Æneas’s Visit to the Lower World
Æneas’s First Great Battle with the Latins
Æneas Finally Conquers the Latins

The greater part of this book is made up of stories from the poems of Homer and Virgil. Homer is thought to have lived in Greece about three thousand years ago, and yet his poems never seem old-fashioned and people do not tire of reading them. Boys and girls almost always like them, because they are so full of stories. If you want to read about giants or mermaids or shipwrecks or athletic contests or enchanters or furious battles or the capture of cities or voyages to strange countries, all you have to do is to open ......." and read this great book for children whether you choose to read them as bed time stories or allow your young reader to venture out on their own.


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BN ID: 2940148503095
Publisher: Robin Michell
Publication date: 08/07/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years
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