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Old Greek Stories

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OLD GREEK STORIES
BY
JAMES BALDWIN
- NEW YORK: CINCINNATI: CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
PREFACE.
OLD GREEK STORIES.
JUPITER AND HIS MIGHTY COMPANY.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
THE STORY OF PROMETHEUS.
- "Epimetheus, here is a beautiful woman.'"
THE FLOOD.
- "As they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way."
THE STORY OF IO.
- She cried out to him and said "Let the cow go."
THE WONDERFUL WEAVER.
- "'Arachne, I am Athena, the Queen of the air.'"
THE LORD OF THE SILVER BOW.
- SHE TURNED AND FLED LIKE A FRIGHTENED DEER.
ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS.
- IT WAS A STRANGE TEAM
CADMUS AND EUROPA.
- SOON THEY BEGAN TO FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES.
THE QUEST OF MEDUSA'S HEAD.
- PERSEUS STOPPED AND LISTENED TO THEIR SONG.
- THE KING SAW IT AND WAS TURNED INTO STONE
THE STORY OF ATALANTA
- YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SEEN THE TALL HUNTRESS MAIDEN THEN
THE HORSE AND THE OLIVE
- OUT OF THE YAWNING CREVICE THERE SPRANG A WONDERFUL CREATURE
THE ADVENTURES OF THESEUS.
- SHE BUCKLED THE SWORD TO HIS BELT
- 'GREAT KING,' HE SAID, 'I AM A STRANGER IN ATHENS.'
THE WONDERFUL ARTISAN.
- HE FELT HIMSELF SINKING THROUGH THE AIR
THE CRUEL TRIBUTE.
- THE JAILER OPENED THE DOOR AT HER BIDDING