The master storyteller Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, the lovely Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told.

The master storyteller Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, the lovely Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told.

Also included in this book are the adventures of Theseus and his dramatic battle with the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, and the quest of Jason for the Golden Fleece with the help of the Princess Medea.

ULYSSES THE SACKER OF CITIES

ONE The Boyhood and Parents of Ulysses

TWO How People Lived in the Time of Ulysses

THREE The Wooing of Helen of Troy

FOUR The Stealing of Helen

FIVE Trojan Victories

SIX Battle at the Ships

SEVEN The Slaying and Avenging of Patroclus

EIGHT The Cruelty of Achilles, and the of Hector

NINE How Ulysses Stole the Luck of Troy

TEN The Battles with the Amazons and Memnon -

      the Death of Achilles

ELEVEN Ulysses Sails to Seek the Son of Achilles-

      the Valour of Eurypylus

TWELVE The Slaying of Paris

THRTEEN How Ulysses Invented the Device

      of the Horse of Tree

FOURTEEN The End of Troy and the Saving of Helen

THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES

ONE The Slaying of Agamemnon and the Sorrows

      of Ulysses

TWO The Enchantress Circe, the Land

      of the Dead and the Sirens

THREE The Whirlpool, the Sea Monster and the

     Cattle of the Sun

FOUR How Telemachus went to Seek his Father

FIVE How Ulysses Escaped from the Island of Calypso

SIX How Ulysses was Wrecked, yet reached Phaeacia

SEVEN How Ulysses came to his own Country, and for

     safety Disguised himself as an

     old Beggar Man

EIGHT Ulysses comes Disguised as a beggar to

     his own Palace

NINE The Slaying of the Wooers

TEN The End

THE FLEECE OF GOLD

ONE The Children of the Cloud

TWO The Search for the Fleece

THREE The Winning of the Fleece

THESEUS

ONE The Wedding of Aethra

TWO The Boyhood of Theseus

THREE Adventures of Theseus

FOVR Theseus finds his Father

FIVE Heralds come for Tribute

SIX Theseus in Crete

SEVEN The Slaying of the Minotaur

PERSEUS

ONE The Prison of Danae

TWO The Vow of Perseus

THREE Perseus and Andromeda

FOUR How Perseus Avenged Danae