The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children by Charles Kingsley
The Heroes
PREFACE
MY DEAR CHILDREN,
Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of
you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them. Those
of you who are boys will, perhaps, spend a great deal of time
in reading Greek books; and the girls, though they may not
learn Greek, will be sure to come across a great many stories
taken from Greek history, and to see, I may say every day,
things which we should not have had if it had not been for
these old Greeks. You can hardly find a well-written book
which has not in it Greek names, and words, and proverbs; you
cannot walk through a great town without passing Greek
buildings; you cannot go into a well-furnished room without
seeing Greek statues and ornaments, even Greek patterns of
furniture and paper; so strangely have these old Greeks left
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