{"id":6321,"date":"2019-12-02T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=6321"},"modified":"2022-09-12T00:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T00:34:34","slug":"the-golden-fleece-and-the-heroes-who-lived-before-achilles-by-padraic-colum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-golden-fleece-and-the-heroes-who-lived-before-achilles-by-padraic-colum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Padraic Colum<\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span> A lively account of the story of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece, beginning with the construction of the Argo<\/em> and the gathering of the heroes. Further adventures of many of the Argonauts are also recounted, including Theseus and the Minotaur, and Heracles and His Labors. A book sure to delight younger readers!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\n

Ages:  <\/strong>10-12<\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2015<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/em>978-1-63334-535-5<\/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

PART I. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS <\/em><\/p>\n

1. The Youth Jason <\/em><\/p>\n

2. <\/em>King Pelias <\/em><\/p>\n

3. <\/em>The Golden Fleece <\/em><\/p>\n

4. <\/em>The Assembling of the Heroes <\/em><\/p>\n

5. <\/em>The Argo <\/em><\/p>\n

6. <\/em>The Beginning of Things 7. <\/em>Polydeuces’ Victory and Heracles’ Loss <\/em><\/p>\n

8. <\/em>King Phineus <\/em><\/p>\n

9. <\/em>King Phineus’s Counsel; the Landing in Lemnos <\/em><\/p>\n

10. <\/em>The Lemnian Maidens <\/em><\/p>\n

11. <\/em><\/em>Demeter and Persephone <\/em><\/p>\n

12. <\/em><\/em>Atalanta’s Race <\/em><\/p>\n

13. <\/em><\/em>The Departure from Lemnos <\/em><\/p>\n

14. <\/em><\/em>The Golden Maid <\/em><\/p>\n

15. <\/em><\/em>The Passage of the Symplagades <\/em><\/p>\n

16. <\/em><\/em>The Mountain Caucasus <\/em><\/p>\n

17. <\/em><\/em>Prometheus <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

PART II. THE RETURN TO GREECE <\/em><\/p>\n

18. <\/em><\/em>King Aeetes<\/em><\/p>\n

19. <\/em><\/em>Medea the Sorceress<\/em><\/p>\n

\u200b<\/em>20. <\/em><\/em>The Winning of the Golden Fleece <\/em><\/p>\n

21. <\/em><\/em><\/em>The Slaying of Apsyrtus <\/em><\/p>\n

22. <\/em><\/em><\/em>Medea Comes to Circe <\/em><\/p>\n

23. <\/em><\/em><\/em>In the Land of the Phaeacians <\/em><\/p>\n

24. <\/em><\/em><\/em>They Come to the Desert Land <\/em><\/p>\n

25. <\/em><\/em><\/em>The Carrying of the Argo <\/em><\/p>\n

26. <\/em><\/em><\/em>The Story of Perseus <\/em><\/p>\n

27. <\/em><\/em><\/em>Near to Iolcus Again <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

PART III. THE HEROES OF THE QUEST <\/em><\/p>\n

28. <\/em><\/em><\/em>Atalanta the Huntress <\/em><\/p>\n

29. <\/em><\/em><\/em>Peleus and His Bride from the Sea <\/em><\/p>\n

30. <\/em><\/em><\/em>Theseus and the Minotaur <\/em><\/p>\n

31. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>The Life and Labors of Heracles <\/em><\/p>\n

32. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>The Battle of the Frogs and Mice<\/em><\/p>\n

33. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>Admetus<\/em><\/p>\n

34. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down <\/em><\/p>\n

35. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>Jason and Medea<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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Related Titles…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Padraic Colum<\/p>\n

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The Heroes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Charles Kingsley<\/p>\n

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The Iliad for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

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A Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

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