Old Greek Stories. The Siege of Troy and the buy Wanderings of Ulysses. Charles Henry Hanson. 1897.

Old Greek Stories: The Siege of Troy and the Wanderings of Ulysses. By Charles Henry Hansen.
Author of “stories of the days of King Arthur”.
With ninety-seven (97) illustrations.

London:
T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row.
Edinburgh; and New York.
1897

Gorgeous blue cloth-bound hardback book with (colour) illustrated cover and spine. Gold gilt titles on the cover and spine. Green floral endpapers. Pen inscription on front endpapers- prize for arithmetic (Christmas 1900). Small embossed design on the back board. Gold gilt page edges. Illustrations throughout (B&W).

Contents:
Part I.- buy The Story of Troy
I. About the Greeks
II. Paris and Aphrodite
III. Paris and Helen
IV. The League Against Troy
V. The Beginning of the War
VI. The Quarrel Betwixt Achilles and Agamemnon
VII. The Combat of Menelaus and Paris
VIII. The Exploits of Diomedes- The Duel Between Hector and Ajax
IX. The Truce, and The Building of the Wall- First Defeat of the Greeks
X. The Embassy to Achilles- The Night Adventure of Diomedes and Ulysses
XI. New Disasters for the Greeks- The Artifice of Juno- The Battle at the Ships
XII. The Deeds and Death of Patroclus, and the Battle Over His Body
XIII. The God Vulcan Forges New Arms For Achilles- The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon
XIV. The Exploits of Achilles, The Warfare of the Gods, and The Death of Hector
XV. The Last Deeds and Death of Achilles
XVI. The Wooden Horse- The Capture and Destruction of Troy
XVII. The Fate of the Hellenic Chiefs After The War

Part II.- The Wanderings of Ulysses
I. Ulysses' Adventures With The Lotus-Eaters and The Cyclops
II. The Ruler of the Winds- The Læstrigones- The Enchantress Circe
III. The Visit to Hades- The Sirens- Scylla and Charybdis- The Cattle of Apollo
IV. Penelope, Telemachus, and The Suitors
V. Ulysses Departure From Calypso's Isle- The Phæcians- The Return to Ithaca
VI. Ulysses and Telemachus- The Arrival at The Palace
VII. The Fight With Irus- The Slaughter of The Suitors

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