The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

by Charles Kingsley from 1856 (retelling; myths ancient)

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Kingsley's retellings of Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Theseus for children (1856) remain among the finest popular mythological writing in English: clear, vivid, and driven by a genuine sense of the sacred weight of these stories. Individual hero stories (60-90 minutes) work as self-contained narratives.

Victorian Lyrical Moving Eerie Solemnen

The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Words: 47.7k
Duration: ~5 hr 58 min

16 sections

47.7k words

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The Heroes

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The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

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PART I

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PART I: HOW PERSEUS AND HIS MOTHER CAME TO SERIPHOS

1.3k9:54

PART II

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PART II: HOW PERSEUS VOWED A RASH VOW

3.1k23:22

PART III

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PART III: HOW PERSEUS SLEW THE GORGON

2.7k20:16

PART IV

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PART IV: HOW PERSEUS CAME TO THE ÆTHIOPS

3.5k26:23

PART V

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PART V: HOW PERSEUS CAME HOME AGAIN

1.4k10:13

PART I

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PART I: HOW THE CENTAUR TRAINED THE HEROES ON PELION

2.7k20:06

PART II

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PART II: HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS

2.8k20:40

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PART III

1.2k8:52

PART IV

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PART IV: HOW THE ARGONAUTS SAILED TO COLCHIS

7.4k55:08

PART V

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PART V: HOW THE ARGONAUTS WERE DRIVEN INTO THE UNKNOWN SEA

7.5k55:54

PART VI

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PART VI: WHAT WAS THE END OF THE HEROES

8386:17

PART I

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PART I: HOW THESEUS LIFTED THE STONE

1.3k9:49

PART II

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PART II: HOW THESEUS SLEW THE DEVOURERS OF MEN

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PART III

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PART III: HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR

1.5k11:20

PART IV

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PART IV: HOW THESEUS FELL BY HIS PRIDE

8276:12

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