Tales of Troy and Greece [Illustrated, With ATOC]

by Andrew Lang, H. J. Ford (Illustrator)

Overview

CONTENTS.

ULYSSES THE SACKER OF CITIES.

I.THE BOYHOOD AND PARENTS OF ULYSSES
II.HOW PEOPLE LIVED IN THE TIME OF ULYSSES
III.THE WOOING OF HELEN OF THE FAIR HANDS
IV.THE STEALING OF HELEN
V.TROJAN VICTORIES
VI.BATTLE AT THE SHIPS
VII.THE SLAYING AND AVENGING OF PATROCLUS
VIII.THE CRUELTY OF ACHILLES, AND THE RANSOMING OF HECTOR
IX.HOW ULYSSES STOLE THE LUCK OF TROY
X.THE BATTLES WITH THE AMAZONS AND MEMNON—THE DEATH OF ACHILLES
XI.ULYSSES SAILS TO SEEK THE SON OF ACHILLES—THE VALOUR OF EURYPYLUS
XII.THE SLAYING OF PARIS
XIII.HOW ULYSSES INVENTED THE DEVICE OF THE HORSE OF TREE
XIV.THE END OF TROY AND THE SAVING OF HELEN

THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES

I. THE SLAYING OF AGAMEMNON AND THE SORROWS OF ULYSSES
II.THE ENCHANTRESS CIRCE, THE LAND OF THE DEAD, THE SIRENS
III.THE WHIRLPOOL, THE SEA MONSTER, AND THE CATTLE OF THE SUN
IV.HOW TELEMACHUS WENT TO SEEK HIS FATHER
V.HOW ULYSSES ESCAPED FROM THE ISLAND OF CALYPSO
VI.HOW ULYSSES WAS WRECKED, YET REACHED PHAEACIA
VII.HOW ULYSSES CAME TO HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND FOR SAFETY DISGUISED HIMSELF AS AN OLD BEGGAR MAN
VIII.ULYSSES COMES DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR TO HIS OWN PALACE
IX.THE SLAYING OF THE WOOERS
X.THE END

THE FLEECE OF GOLD

I.THE CHILDREN OF THE CLOUD.
II.THE SEARCH FOR THE FLEECE
III.THE WINNING OF THE FLEECE

THESEUS

I.THE WEDDING OF AETHRA
II.THE BOYHOOD OF THESEUS
III.ADVENTURES OF THESEUS
IV.THESEUS FINDS HIS FATHER
V.HERALDS COME FOR TRIBUTE
VI.THESEUS IN CRETE
VII.THE SLAYING OF THE MINOTAUR

PERSEUS

I.THE PRISON OF DANAE
II.THE VOW OF PERSEUS
III.PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA
IV.HOW PERSEUS AVENGED DANAE

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAP OF GREECE
ULYSSES, WHEN A YOUTH, FIGHTS THE WILD BOAR AND GETS HIS WOUND IN HIS THIGH
HELEN POINTS OUT THE CHIEF HEROES IN THE GREEK HOST TO PRIAM
ACHILLES PITIES PENTHESILEA AFTER SLAYING HER
PARIS COMES BACK TO OENONE
MENELAUS REFRAINS FROM KILLING HELEN AT THE INTERCESSION OF ULYSSES
CIRCE SENDS THE SWINE (THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES) TO THE STYES
THE ADVENTURE WITH SCYLLA
CALYPSO TAKES PITY ON ULYSSES
HOW ULYSSES MET NAUSICAA
ULYSSES SHOOTS THE FIRST ARROW AT THE WOOERS
KING ATHAMAS STEALS NEPHELE'S CLOTHES SO THAT SHE CANNOT FLOAT AWAY WITH HER SISTERS
HOW THE SERPENT THAT GUARDED THE GOLDEN FLEECE WAS SLAIN
THESEUS TRIES TO LIFT THE STONE
HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR
PERSEUS IN THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES
THE RESCUE OF ANDROMEDA

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013273542
Publisher:	Ladislav Deczi
Publication date:	10/12/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	521
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.