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The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

Various
Translated by William Patten (1868 - 1936)

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. (summary from book introduction)
This collection consists of Volume 3, including many tales from Homer and Virgil among others. - Summary by William Patten

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: The Junior Classics

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface and List of gods	Gillian Hendrie	00:08:26
Play 01	How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 1	Gillian Hendrie	00:35:28
Play 02	How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 2	Gillian Hendrie	00:29:25
Play 03	Pegasus, the Winged Horse	Gillian Hendrie	00:50:56
Play 04	The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece	Gillian Hendrie	00:15:33
Play 05	How Jason Lost His Sandal	Gillian Hendrie	00:17:05
Play 06	How They Built the Ship Argo	Gillian Hendrie	00:07:53
Play 07	How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis	Gillian Hendrie	00:44:11
Play 08	Hunting the Calydonian Boar	Gillian Hendrie	00:36:20
Play 09	The Winning of Atalanta	Gillian Hendrie	00:41:10
Play 10	Turning Everything into Gold	Gillian Hendrie	00:37:19
Play 11	The Pomegranate Seeds Part 1	Gillian Hendrie	00:43:00
Play 12	The Pomegranate Seeds Part 2	Gillian Hendrie	00:29:36
Play 13	The Trojan War	Gillian Hendrie	00:06:36
Play 14	The Quarrel of the Chiefs	Gillian Hendrie	00:18:44
Play 15	The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus	Gillian Hendrie	00:12:49
Play 16	The Duel Between Hector and Ajax	Gillian Hendrie	00:13:13
Play 17	The Deeds and Death of Patroclus	Gillian Hendrie	00:13:25
Play 18	The Death of Hector	Gillian Hendrie	00:19:40
Play 19	The Ransoming of Hector	Gillian Hendrie	00:21:44
Play 20	The Wooden Horse	Gillian Hendrie	00:06:40
Play 21	The Lotus-Eaters	Gillian Hendrie	00:08:13
Play 22	Ulysses and the Cyclops	Gillian Hendrie	00:18:05
Play 23	Circe’s Palace Part 1	Gillian Hendrie	00:43:33
Play 24	Circe’s Palace Part 2	Gillian Hendrie	00:25:22
Play 25	Ulysses and the Sirens	Gillian Hendrie	00:07:57
Play 26	Nausicaa Rescues Ulysses	Gillian Hendrie	00:18:24
Play 27	Ulysses and the Swineherd	Gillian Hendrie	00:08:51
Play 28	The Return of Telemachus	Gillian Hendrie	00:06:50
Play 29	Ulysses in His Home	Gillian Hendrie	00:14:04
Play 30	The Trial of the Bow	Gillian Hendrie	00:08:35
Play 31	The Vengeance of Ulysses	Gillian Hendrie	00:09:03
Play 32	The Remnant of the Defeated Army Seeks a New Home	Gillian Hendrie	00:12:30
Play 33	The Adventure with the Harpies	Gillian Hendrie	00:05:08
Play 34	Pursued by the Cyclops	Gillian Hendrie	00:11:46
Play 35	Venus Sends Æneas to Queen Dido	Gillian Hendrie	00:11:30
Play 36	Queen Dido Welcomes Æneas	Gillian Hendrie	00:14:14
Play 37	The Love and Death of Queen Dido	Gillian Hendrie	00:22:10
Play 38	The Race of the Four Galleys	Gillian Hendrie	00:10:35
Play 39	The Foot Race	Gillian Hendrie	00:03:38
Play 40	The Boxing Match	Gillian Hendrie	00:05:49
Play 41	The Contest of the Archers	Gillian Hendrie	00:04:41
Play 42	The Sibyl Speaks to Æneas	Gillian Hendrie	00:09:50
Play 43	The Dwellings of the Dead	Gillian Hendrie	00:23:47
Play 44	The Oracle Foretells the Coming of Æneas	Gillian Hendrie	00:03:24
Play 45	Æneas and His Companions Eat Their Tables	Gillian Hendrie	00:07:40
Play 46	The Fight Between Æneas and Turnus	Gillian Hendrie	00:13:23
Play 47	The Death of Turnus	Gillian Hendrie	00:12:23
Play 48	The Story of Romulus and of Numa	Gillian Hendrie	00:21:24
Play 49	The Story of Alba	Gillian Hendrie	00:29:28

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