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Title: Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca
Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece
Author: Homer
Editor: Mary Elizabeth Burt
Translator: Zenaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin
Release Date: March 16, 2008 [EBook #24856]
Language: English
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| ODYSSEUS AS A YOUTH AT HOME WITH HIS MOTHER |
ODYSSEUS
THE HERO OF ITHACA
ADAPTED FROM THE THIRD BOOK OF THE PRIMARY
SCHOOLS OF ATHENS, GREECE
SCHOOLS OF ATHENS, GREECE
BY
MARY E. BURT
Author of "Literary Landmarks," "Stories from Plato," "Story of the
German Iliad," "The Child-Life Reading Study"; Editor of
"Little Nature Studies"; Teacher in the John A.
Browning School, New York City
German Iliad," "The Child-Life Reading Study"; Editor of
"Little Nature Studies"; Teacher in the John A.
Browning School, New York City
AND
ZENAÏDE A. RAGOZIN
Author of "The Story of Chaldea," "The Story of Assyria," "The Story
of Media, Babylon, and Persia," "The Story of Vedic India";
Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland, of the American Oriental Society, of the
Société Ethnologique of Paris, etc.
of Media, Babylon, and Persia," "The Story of Vedic India";
Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland, of the American Oriental Society, of the
Société Ethnologique of Paris, etc.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON
COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
To
THE TEACHER
WHOSE INTEGRITY AND PEDAGOGICAL SPIRIT
HAVE CREATED A SCHOOL WHEREIN THE IDEAL MAY
PROVE ITSELF THE PRACTICAL
AND
THOSE ENTHUSIASTIC PUPILS
WHO LOVE THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF ODYSSEUS
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
THE TEACHER
WHOSE INTEGRITY AND PEDAGOGICAL SPIRIT
HAVE CREATED A SCHOOL WHEREIN THE IDEAL MAY
PROVE ITSELF THE PRACTICAL
AND
THOSE ENTHUSIASTIC PUPILS
WHO LOVE THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF ODYSSEUS
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
CONTENTS
PART I
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF THE HERO, ODYSSEUS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | About Troy and the Journey of Paris to Greece |
| II. | The Flight of Helen |
| III. | The Greeks Sail for Troy |
| IV. | The Fall of Troy |
PART II
THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO HIS OWN COUNTRY
PART III
THE TRIUMPH OF ODYSSEUS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ODYSSEUS AS A YOUTH AT HOME WITH HIS MOTHER
THE SILVER-FOOTED THETIS RISING FROM THE WAVES
ODYSSEUS AND MENELAOS PERSUADING AGAMEMNON TO SACRIFICE IPHIGENEIA
THE SWINEHERD TELLING HIS STORY TO ODYSSEUS
INTRODUCTION