{"id":3885,"date":"2019-07-06T21:09:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T21:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=3885"},"modified":"2022-09-07T12:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:17:05","slug":"old-greek-folk-stories-told-anew-by-josephine-preston-peabody","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/old-greek-folk-stories-told-anew-by-josephine-preston-peabody\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Josephine Preston Peabody<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>A child’s first book of Greek tales containing many of the shorter myths retold with exceptional literary skill. Relates the stories of Prometheus, who brought to earth the bright-eyed fire treasured by the gods; of Orpheus, best of harpers; of the cunning Daedalus; the ambitious Phaethon; Apollo and Diana, and other gods and heroes of the olden time. Designed to supplement the myths retold by Nathaniel Hawthorne in A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>8-10<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>132 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> \u200b<\/span><\/em>Black and white<\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/em>978-1-59915-121-2<\/em>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature, Greek Mythology<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Wood-Folk 2. Judgment of Midas 3. Prometheus 4. The Deluge 5. Orpheus and Eurydice 6. Icarus and Daedalus 7. Phaethon 8. Niobe 9. Admetus and the Shepherd 10. Alcestis 11. Diana and Actaeon 12. Diana and Endymion 13. The Calydonian Hunt 14. Atalanta’s Race <\/em><\/p>\n

15. Arachne 16. Pyramus and Thisbe 17. Pygmalion and Galatea 18. OEdipus 19. Cupid and Psyche 20. The Trial of Psyche 21. The Apple of Discord 22. The Rousing of the Heroes 23. The Wooden Horse 24. The House of Agamemnon 25. The Curse of Polyphemus 26. The Wandering of Odysseus 27. The Home-Coming<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/p>\n

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Stories of the Ancient Greeks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Charles D. Shaw<\/p>\n

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Men of Old Greece<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Jennie Hall<\/p>\n

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Three Greek Children<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Alfred J. Church<\/p>\n

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