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The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

Gelesen von Gillian Hendrie

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. (summary from book introduction)
This collection consists of Volume 3, including many tales from Homer and Virgil among others. - Summary by William Patten (15 hr 1 min)

Chapters

Preface and List of gods

8:26

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How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 1

35:28

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How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 2

29:25

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Pegasus, the Winged Horse

50:56

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The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece

15:33

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How Jason Lost His Sandal

17:05

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How They Built the Ship Argo

7:53

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How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis

44:11

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Hunting the Calydonian Boar

36:20

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The Winning of Atalanta

41:10

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Turning Everything into Gold

37:19

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The Pomegranate Seeds Part 1

43:00

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The Pomegranate Seeds Part 2

29:36

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The Trojan War

6:36

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The Quarrel of the Chiefs

18:44

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The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus

12:49

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The Duel Between Hector and Ajax

13:13

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The Deeds and Death of Patroclus

13:25

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The Death of Hector

19:40

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The Ransoming of Hector

21:44

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The Wooden Horse

6:40

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The Lotus-Eaters

8:13

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Ulysses and the Cyclops

18:05

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Circe’s Palace Part 1

43:33

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Circe’s Palace Part 2

25:22

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Ulysses and the Sirens

7:57

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Nausicaa Rescues Ulysses

18:24

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Ulysses and the Swineherd

8:51

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The Return of Telemachus

6:50

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Ulysses in His Home

14:04

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The Trial of the Bow

8:35

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The Vengeance of Ulysses

9:03

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The Remnant of the Defeated Army Seeks a New Home

12:30

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The Adventure with the Harpies

5:08

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Pursued by the Cyclops

11:46

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Venus Sends Æneas to Queen Dido

11:30

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Queen Dido Welcomes Æneas

14:14

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The Love and Death of Queen Dido

22:10

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The Race of the Four Galleys

10:35

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The Foot Race

3:38

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The Boxing Match

5:49

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The Contest of the Archers

4:41

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The Sibyl Speaks to Æneas

9:50

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The Dwellings of the Dead

23:47

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The Oracle Foretells the Coming of Æneas

3:24

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Æneas and His Companions Eat Their Tables

7:40

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The Fight Between Æneas and Turnus

13:23

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The Death of Turnus

12:23

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The Story of Romulus and of Numa

21:24

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The Story of Alba

29:28

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