Chapter I: Front Matter

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HERAKLES

THE HERO OF THEBES

AND OTHER HEROES OF THE MYTH

Adapted from the Second Book of the
Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

BY

MARY E. BURT

_Author of "Literary Landmarks," "Stories
from Plato," "Story of the German Iliad,"
"The Child-Life Reading Study"; Editor of
"The Cable Story Book," "The Eugene Field
Book"; Teacher in the John A. Browning
School, New York City_

AND

ZENAÏDE A. RAGOZIN

_Author of "The Story of Chaldea," "The
Story of Assyria," Etc.; Member of the
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain
and Ireland, of the American Oriental
Society, of the Société Ethnologique of
Paris, etc._

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1900

Copyright, 1900, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

TROW DIRECTORY
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY
NEW YORK

SCRIBNER'S SERIES OF SCHOOL READING.

In Uniform Binding; each 12mo, _net_, 60 Cents.

Lobo, Rag and Vixen. From "Wild Animals I Have Known." By Ernest
Seton-Thompson. Illustrated.

The Howells Story Book. Edited by Mary E. Burt and Mildred
Howells. Illustrated.

The Cable Story Book. Selections for School Reading, with the
Story of the Author's Life. Edited by Mary E. Burt and Lucy
Leffingwell Cable. Illustrated.

The Eugene Field Book. Verses, Stories, and Letters for School
Reading. Edited by Mary E. Burt and Mary B. Cable. Introduction
by George W. Cable. Illustrated.

Fanciful Tales. By Frank R. Stockton. Edited by Julia E.
Langworthy. Introduction by Mary E. Burt.

The Hoosier School-Boy. By Edward Eggleston. Illustrated.

Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860. By
Henrietta C. Wright.

Children's Stories in American Literature, 1860-1896. By
Henrietta C. Wright.

Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca. By Mary E. Burt. A Translation of
the Story of Odysseus as used in the Schools of Athens and
Berlin. Fully Illustrated.

Poems of American Patriotism. Chosen by Brander Matthews. 285
pages.

Twelve Naval Captains. By Molly Elliot Seawell. 233 pages.
Illustrated.

Herakles, the Hero of Thebes. By Mary E. Burt. A Translation of
the Story of Herakles and other Greek Heroes, as used in the
Schools of Athens. Illustrated.

To

SEVEN

LITTLE GENTLEMEN

WILLIE MACY

REGGIE CHARLES

LOUIS OLIVER

GRISWOLD