Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 749 Baldwin, James 1841 1925 Old Greek Stories Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Jupiter and his mighty company -- The Golden Age -- The story of Prometheus -- The flood -- The story of Io -- The wonderful weaver -- The lord of the silver bow -- Admetus and Alcestis -- Cadmus and Europa -- The quest of Medusa's head -- The story of Atalanta -- the horse and the olive -- the adventures of Theseus -- The wonderful artisan -- The cruel tribute. Produced by Ted Garvin and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Old Greek Stories" by James Baldwin is a collection of retellings of classic tales from ancient Greek mythology, likely written in the late 19th century. The book aims to bring these enchanted narratives to the young readers of Baldwin's time, presenting stories about legendary figures like Jupiter, Prometheus, and heroes such as Theseus and Hercules. Through simple, engaging language, Baldwin introduces these stories to inspire imagination and convey the values embedded within these timeless myths. The opening of the collection includes a preface wherein Baldwin emphasizes the importance of these tales as part of a collective cultural heritage that resonates across ages and backgrounds. He expresses his intent to present stories purely, without analytical interpretations that might dampen their intrinsic wonder. Following this, the collection begins with tales of mighty beings like Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto, detailing their attributes and relationships, alongside the onset of the Golden Age and its eventual decline due to human wickedness—issues portrayed through characters like Prometheus, who fights to help mankind. The subsequent tales promise to explore various adventures, trials, and lessons from Greek mythology, setting a ground for rich storytelling that reflects human experiences, emotions, and moral lessons. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature PA PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 289843 279377 2024-10-05T10:14:26.970403 2023-10-05T09:50:39.953514 text/html text/html 280162 2020-12-25T23:55:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1444874 2020-12-25T23:55:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1556025 2024-10-05T10:14:33.578356 application/epub+zip 1560941 2024-10-05T10:14:29.105384 application/epub+zip 171976 2024-10-05T10:14:27.782404 application/epub+zip 1701942 2024-10-05T10:14:36.854332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1675396 2024-10-05T10:14:32.730403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263937 2022-09-06T03:54:15.379373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250481 250444 2024-10-05T10:14:26.033419 2023-10-05T09:50:39.268518 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 251873 2020-12-25T23:55:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91531 2020-12-25T23:55:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 251866 2020-12-25T23:55:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91502 2020-12-25T23:55:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22223 2024-10-05T10:14:36.988565 application/rdf+xml 12383 2024-10-05T10:14:28.345365 image/jpeg 3357 2024-10-05T10:14:28.061388 image/jpeg 1515440 2024-10-05T10:14:27.077421 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia