Tales of Greece & Rome Hardback
Edited by William Patten, Vox Day, Matthew King
Part of the Junior Classics series
Hardback
Description
The Junior Classics 2020 Edition Volume 3: Tales of Greece & Rome includes the classic Greek myths, stories about heroes like Hercules, Jason, and Theseus, selections from The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid, and tales of the founding of Rome.
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. The boy or girl who becomes familiar with the charming tales and poems in this collection will have gained a knowledge of literature and history that will be of high value in other school and home work. Here are the real elements of imaginative narration, poetry, and ethics, which should enter into the education of every child.
This collection, carefully used by parents and teachers with due reference to individual tastes and needs, will help many children enjoy good literature. It will inspire them with a love of good reading, which is the best possible result of any elementary education. The child himself should be encouraged to make his own selections from this large and varied collection, the child's enjoyment being the object in view. A real and lasting interest in literature or in scholarship is only to be developed through the individual's enjoyment of his mental occupations.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:452 pages
- Publisher:Castalia House
- Publication Date:21/01/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9789527303771
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:452 pages
- Publisher:Castalia House
- Publication Date:21/01/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9789527303771
