Children ages 6-10

An introduction to the Gods the Greeks worshiped, and the Heroes the Greeks adored.

CONTENTS:

Preface

• The Greeks
• Zeus, the King of the Gods
• Poseidon, the God of the Sea
• Hades, the King of the Dead
• Hera, the Queen of the Gods
• Apollo, the God of Light
• Artemis, the Huntress-Goddess
• Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom
• Hephaestus, the Smith-God
• Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty
• Hermes, the Messenger of the Gods
• Ares, the God of War
• Demeter, the Earth-Goddess
• Hestia, the Goddess of the Hearth
• Dionysus, the God of Wine-Making
• Pan, the God of Shepherds
• Helios, the Sun-God
• The Elder Gods
• Prometheus, the Fire-Giver
• Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea
• Eros, the Love-God
• The Labors of Heracles
• Theseus and the Minotaur
• Perseus and the Medusa
• Jason and the Quest of the Golden Fleece
• Achilles and the War about Troy
• The Wanderings of Odysseus
• What Lycurgus Did for Sparta
• What Solon Did for Athens
• How the Athenians Fought the Persians
• How King Xerxes Marched against the Greeks
• How the Spartans Fought at Thermopylae
• How Themistocles Saved Greece
• Aristides the Just
• How Pericles Made Athens Beautiful
• Alcibiades, and the War between Athens and Sparta
• Socrates, the Pilosopher
• How Epaminondas Made Thebes Free
• King Philip and Demosthenes
• Alexander the Great