The Story of Greece, Told to Boys and Girls
By Mary Macgregor
Length10h 58m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed no path was needed, for the rivers, woods, and lone hill-sides were themselves the wonderland of which I am going to tell. In the woods and winds, in the trees and rivers, dwelt the gods and goddesses whom the people of long ago worshipped. It was their presence in the world that made it so great, so wide, so wonderful. To the Hellenes, for that is the name by which the Greeks called themselves, there were eyes, living eyes in flowers, trees, and water. 'So crowded full is the air with them,' wrote one poet who lived in the far-off days, 'that there is no room to put in the spike of an ear of corn without touching one.' When the wind blew soft, the Hellenes listened to the whispering of a voice. When it blew rough, and snatched one of the children from their midst, they did not greatly grieve. The child had but gone to be the playmate of the gods. The springs sparkled clear, for in them dwelt the Naiads or freshwater nymphs, with gifts as great as the river gods, who were ofttimes seen and heard amid the churning, tossing waters. In the trees dwelt the Dryads, nymphs these of the forest,2 whom the Hellenes saw but seldom. Shy nymphs were the Dryads, born each one at the birth of a tree, in which she dwelt, fading away when the tree was felled, or when it withered and died. Their revels were held in some wooded mountain, far from the haunts of men. Were a human footfall heard, the frolics ceased on the instant, while each Dryad sped swift for shelter to the tree of her birth. So the gods wandered through the land, filling the earth with their presence. Yet there was one lofty mountain in central Greece, named Mount Olympus, which the Hellenes believed was the peculiar home of the gods. It was to this great mount that the actual roads on which the Hellenes walked each day seemed ever to lead."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length10 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I WONDERLAND
53CHAPTER LIII THE DELIAN LEAGUE
2CHAPTER II THE GREAT GOD PAN
54CHAPTER LIV THEMISTOCLES DECEIVES THE SPARTANS
3CHAPTER III THE SIX POMEGRANATE SEEDS
55CHAPTER LV THEMISTOCLES IS OSTRACISED
4CHAPTER IV THE BIRTH OF ATHENE
56CHAPTER LVI THE ELOQUENCE OF PERICLES
5CHAPTER V THE TWO WEAVERS
57CHAPTER LVII PERICLES AND ELPINICE
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6CHAPTER VI THE PURPLE FLOWERS
58CHAPTER LVIII THE CITY OF ATHENS
7CHAPTER VII DANAE AND HER LITTLE SON
59CHAPTER LIX GREAT MEN OF ATHENS
8CHAPTER VIII THE QUEST OF PERSEUS
60CHAPTER LX THE THEBANS ATTACK THE PLATAEANS
9CHAPTER IX ANDROMEDA AND THE SEA-MONSTER
61CHAPTER LXI ATTICA IS INVADED BY THE SPARTANS
10CHAPTER X ACRISIUS IS KILLED BY PERSEUS
62CHAPTER LXII THE LAST WORDS OF PERICLES
11CHAPTER XI ACHILLES AND BRISEIS THE FAIRCHEEKED
63CHAPTER LXIII THE SIEGE OF PLATAEA
12CHAPTER XII MENELAUS AND PARIS DO BATTLE
64CHAPTER LXIV THE SENTENCE OF DEATH
13CHAPTER XIII HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
65CHAPTER LXV BRASIDAS LOSES HIS SHIELD
14CHAPTER XIV THE HORSES OF ACHILLES
66CHAPTER LXVI THE SPARTANS SURRENDER
15CHAPTER XV THE DEATH OF HECTOR
67CHAPTER LXVII BRASIDAS THE SPARTAN
16CHAPTER XVI POLYPHEMUS THE GIANT
68CHAPTER LXVIII AMPHIPOLIS SURRENDERS TO BRASIDAS
17CHAPTER XVII ODYSSEUS ESCAPES FROM THE CAVE
69CHAPTER LXIX ALCIBIADES THE FAVOURITE OF ATHENS
18CHAPTER XVIII ODYSSEUS RETURNS TO ITHACA
70CHAPTER LXX SOCRATES THE PHILOSOPHER
19CHAPTER XIX ARGUS THE HOUND DIES
71CHAPTER LXXI ALCIBIADES PRAISES SOCRATES
20CHAPTER XX THE BOW OF ODYSSEUS
72CHAPTER LXXII THE IMAGES OF HERMES ARE DESTROYED
21CHAPTER XXI THE LAND OF HELLAS
73CHAPTER LXXIII ALCIBIADES ESCAPES TO SPARTA
22CHAPTER XXII LYCURGUS AND HIS LITTLE NEPHEW
74CHAPTER LXXIV THE SIEGE OF SYRACUSE
23CHAPTER XXIII LYCURGUS RETURNS TO SPARTA
75CHAPTER LXXV THE ATHENIAN ARMY IS DESTROYED
24CHAPTER XXIV THE TRAINING OF THE SPARTANS
76CHAPTER LXXVI ALCIBIADES RETURNS TO ATHENS
25CHAPTER XXV THE HELOTS
77CHAPTER LXXVII ANTIOCHUS DISOBEYS ALCIBIADES
26CHAPTER XXVI ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX
78CHAPTER LXXVIII THE WALLS OF ATHENS ARE DESTROYED
27CHAPTER XXVII THE OLYMPIAN GAMES
79CHAPTER LXXIX THE MARCH OF THE TEN THOUSAND
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST KING OF ATHENS
80CHAPTER LXXX PELOPIDAS AND EPAMINONDAS
29CHAPTER XXIX CYLON FAILS TO MAKE HIMSELF TYRANT
81CHAPTER LXXXI THE SEVEN CONSPIRATORS
30CHAPTER XXX SOLON FREES THE SLAVES
82CHAPTER LXXXII THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA
31CHAPTER XXXI THE ATHENIANS TAKE SALAMIS
83CHAPTER LXXXIII THE DEATH OF EPAMINONDAS
32CHAPTER XXXII PISISTRATUS BECOMES TYRANT
84CHAPTER LXXXIV THE TWO BROTHERS
33CHAPTER XXXIII HARMODIUS AND ARISTOGITON
85CHAPTER LXXXV TIMOLEON SENDS DIONYSIUS TO CORINTH
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE LAW OF OSTRACISM
86CHAPTER LXXXVI ICETES TRIES TO SLAY TIMOLEON
35CHAPTER XXXV THE BRIDGE OF BOATS
87CHAPTER LXXXVII THE BATTLE OF CRIMISUS
36CHAPTER XXXVI DARIUS REWARDS HISTIAEUS
88CHAPTER LXXXVIII DEMOSTHENES WISHES TO BECOME AN ORATOR
37CHAPTER XXXVII HISTIAEUS SHAVES THE HEAD OF HIS SLAVE
89CHAPTER LXXXIX DEMOSTHENES THE GREATEST ORATOR OF ATHENS
38CHAPTER XXXVIII SARDIS IS DESTROYED
90CHAPTER XC THE SACRED WAR
39CHAPTER XXXIX THE SANDAL SEWN BY HISTIAEUS
91CHAPTER XCI ALEXANDER AND BUCEPHALUS
40CHAPTER XL DARIUS DEMANDS EARTH AND WATER
92CHAPTER XCII ALEXANDER AND DIOGENES
41CHAPTER XLI THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
93CHAPTER XCIII THE BATTLE OF GRANICUS
42CHAPTER XLII MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS
94CHAPTER XCIV THE GORDIAN KNOT
43CHAPTER XLIII ARISTIDES IS OSTRACISED
95CHAPTER XCV DARIUS GALLOPS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
44CHAPTER XLIV THE DREAM OF XERXES
96CHAPTER XCVI TYRE IS STORMED BY ALEXANDER
45CHAPTER XLV XERXES ORDERS THE HELLESPONT TO BE SCOURGED
97CHAPTER XCVII THE BATTLE OF GAUGAMELA
46CHAPTER XLVI ‘THE BRAVEST MEN OF ALL HELLAS’
98CHAPTER XCVIII ALEXANDER BURNS PERSEPOLIS
47CHAPTER XLVII THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE
99CHAPTER XCIX ALEXANDER SLAYS HIS FOSTER-BROTHER
48CHAPTER XLVIII THE BATTLE OF ARTEMISIUM
100CHAPTER C PORUS AND HIS ELEPHANT
49CHAPTER XLIX THEMISTOCLES URGES EURYBIADES TO STAY AT SALAMIS
101CHAPTER CI ALEXANDER IS WOUNDED
50CHAPTER L THEMISTOCLES TRICKS THE ADMIRALS
102CHAPTER CII THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER
51CHAPTER LI THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS
103CHAPTER CIII DEMOSTHENES IN THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON
52CHAPTER LII THE BATTLE OF PLATAEA
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