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THE BOW OF ODYSSEUS In the hall of the palace the suitors sat feasting, as was their custom. When Eumaeus entered, followed by the beggar, they no sooner caught sight of him than they began to mock …
THE LAND OF HELLAS The stories of gods and heroes are not pure history. They are myths or legends which have grown with the ages, until sometimes they are told as though they were true. Although the…
LYCURGUS AND HIS LITTLE NEPHEW The Dorians were a brave and sturdy race, braver, perhaps, than any other of the Greek tribes. Apollo, the Sun-God, one of the noblest of the Olympians, was the god th…
LYCURGUS RETURNS TO SPARTA While Lycurgus was journeying from country to country, Sparta was ruled more badly than before. The laws were not obeyed, and no one punished those who disobeyed them. The…
THE TRAINING OF THE SPARTANS Lycurgus had seen the severe discipline which soldiers in Egypt were forced to undergo. He had made up his mind that his own countrymen should be trained as thoroughly. …
THE HELOTS When Lycurgus made a law compelling soldiers to eat their meals in the barracks, some of the wealthier citizens were indignant. They did not wish to sit at table with their fellow-soldier…
ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions. So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders. On…
THE OLYMPIAN GAMES Greece was made up of many separate States, each independent of the other. But there were several bonds which united the States. They spoke the same language, they worshipped the …
THE LAST KING OF ATHENS You remember how Cecrops came to Attica and built a city so beautiful that the gods marvelled, and how Athene made the first olive-tree and was therefore awarded the honour o…
CYLON FAILS TO MAKE HIMSELF TYRANT The people of Attica were divided into three classes. There were the men of the Plain, who owned land and were wealthy; the men of the Shore, who were fisher-folk …
