Look inside ...    Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew by Josephine Preston Peabody 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.  Ages 8-10 132 pages $10.95

Table of Contents

Front Matter

Back Matter

The Wood-Folk
Judgment of Midas
Prometheus
The Deluge
Orpheus and Eurydice
Icarus and Daedalus
Phaethon
Niobe
Admetus and the Shepherd
Alcestis
Diana and Actaeon
Diana and Endymion
The Calydonian Hunt
Atalanta's Race
Arachne
Pyramus and Thisbe
Pygmalion and Galatea
OEdipus
Cupid and Psyche
The Trial of Psyche
The Apple of Discord
The Rousing of the Heroes
The Wooden Horse
The House of Agamemnon
The Curse of Polyphemus
The Wandering of Odysseus
The Home-Coming