{"id":3867,"date":"2019-07-06T20:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T20:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=3867"},"modified":"2025-03-23T13:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:13:37","slug":"a-story-of-the-golden-age-of-greek-heroes-by-james-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/a-story-of-the-golden-age-of-greek-heroes-by-james-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by James Baldwin<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"baldwin_golden_cover\" data-id=\"2989\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/baldwin_golden_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/previews\/baldwin_golden_preview.pdf\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Look inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span><span><span style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0); font-size: 16px;\">This book paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer&#8217;s Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the legends about the causes of the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of the Iliad begins. The youthful Odysseus is the hero, as he journeys to visit his grandfather Autolycus, then Nestor and Menelaus, hearing the old stories as he goes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:&nbsp; <\/strong><em>8-12<\/em><span><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><em><span>293 pages<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span><span><span><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>&nbsp;Black and white<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Year published:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><strong>ISBN:<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><\/em><em>978-1-59915-026-0<\/em><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><strong><span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Literature, Greek Mythology<\/span><\/em>                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Purchase book at Amazon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add print book to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add ebook to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1. A Glimpse of the World 2. A Voyage on the Sea&nbsp;3. The Centre of the Earth&nbsp;4. The Silver-Bowed Apollo&nbsp;5. The King of the Cattle Thieves&nbsp;6. Two Famous Boar-Hunts&nbsp;7. At Old Cheiron&#8217;s School&nbsp;8. The Golden Apple&nbsp;9. The Swineherd&nbsp;10. The Sea Robbers of Messene&nbsp;11. The Bow of Eurytus&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>12. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World 13. A Race for a Wife&nbsp;14. How a Great Hero Met His Master&nbsp;15. Long Live the King!&nbsp;16. The Children of Prometheus&nbsp;17. A Cause of War&nbsp;18. An Unwilling Hero&nbsp;19. Heroes in Strange Garb&nbsp;20. Becalmed at Aulis&nbsp;21. The Long Siege<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>An Inside View&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15051\" width=\"920\" height=\"690\" title=\"baldwin_golden\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/baldwin_golden.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Related Titles&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-iliad-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"church_iliad_cover\" data-id=\"2996\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/church_iliad_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-iliad-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\"><strong>The Iliad for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Alfred J. 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