Old Greek Stories: The Gods and Heroes Retold for Children
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Greek myths retold for children by an American schoolmaster: Prometheus and the fire, the flood, Io, Arachne, Perseus and the Gorgon, Atalanta, Theseus and the Minotaur. Baldwin keeps each story to a few pages and to the shape the Greeks gave it, without the Victorian habit of apologising for the gods. It was written for the schoolroom and reads aloud better than most books that were not. Forty-five plates after painters from Delacroix to Moreau follow the myths from Prometheus to the Minotaur.
Greek myths retold for children by an American schoolmaster: Prometheus and the fire, the flood, Io, Arachne, Perseus and the Gorgon, Atalanta, Theseus and the Minotaur. Baldwin keeps each story to a few pages and to the shape the Greeks gave it, without the Victorian habit of apologising for the...
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James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and author born in Indiana, a schoolmaster who became a textbook editor and wrote or edited over a hundred books. His retellings of the epics were school reading for decades. His works include The Story of Siegfried, The Story of Roland, A Story of the Golden Age, and The Sampo.
James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and author born in Indiana, a schoolmaster who became a textbook editor and wrote or edited over a hundred books. His retellings of the epics were school reading for decades. His works include The Story of Siegfried, The Story of Roland, A Story ...
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