The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children
Charles Kingsley
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The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity. (5 hr 24 min)
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great
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A LibriVox Listener
Good book! Fun to read! AWESOME
great
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Charlie
We love the book it was so adventure-full.
great stories!
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JHar714
Kids loved it. I really like the preface and conclusion in regards to helping kids understand context for mythology and the interjections on morality. Numerous people reading, but well done.
meh
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niccisupernova
Not bad, but I did not realize this was one man telling the stories to his children. Interesting listen nonetheless.
I like it a lot it’s pretty cool π I like the readers
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A LibriVox Listener
I like it a lot
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melody cash
I liked it a lot but I wish there was more
awesome ππππ
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Nathan Smith
wow it's just like the real story πππππ
good book well read
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Thiago Coelho
good book well read