The Story of the Greeks

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The story of theGreeks, by H. A. GuerberThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Story of the GreeksAuthor: H. A. GuerberRelease Date: December 5, 2007 [eBook #23495]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF THE GREEKS*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Dave Macfarlane,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) ECLECTIC SCHOOL READINGSThe Story of the GreeksBYH. A. GUERBERNEW YORK ·:· CINCINNATI ·:· CHICAGOAMERICAN BOOK COMPANYCO PYRIG HT, 1896, BYAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.STORY OF THE GREEKS.W. P. 15Theseus and the Minotaur. Theseus and the Minotaur.F r o n t i s p i e c eDEDICATEDTOARNOLD, HELEN, and EDWARDPREFACE.This elementary history of Greece is intended for supplementary reading or as a first history text-book for young pupils. Itis therefore made up principally of stories about persons; for, while history proper is largely beyond the comprehension ofchildren, they are able at an early age to understand and enjoy anecdotes of people, especially of those in the childhoodof civilization. At the same time, these stories will give a clear idea of the most important events that have ...