Ancient Greece

By: Charles Kovacs

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Paperback | 15 March 2004

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160 Pages

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9 - 11

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4 - 6

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21.5 x 13.5 x 1.5

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Key Points · From the author of Parsifal and the Search for the Grail and The Age of Revolution · Previously available as Greece: Mythology and History A retelling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum class 5-6 (age 10-12). This welcome new edition of Charles Kovacs' classic work Greece: Mythology and History contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic figures from the dawn of western civilization. Through the fearless deeds of Heracles, Theseus and Odysseus to the Golden Age of Athens and the conquests of Alexander the Great, the narrative vividly portrays our journey from the mysteries of antiquity to the birth of modern medicine, science and philosophy.

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Preface	p. 9
Greek Mythology
The Red Flower of the Gods	p. 13
Pandora's Box	p. 16
An Apple for Aphrodite	p. 18
Helen's Abduction	p. 21
The Battle for Troy	p. 24
The Great Wooden Horse	p. 27
Odysseus the Wanderer	p. 30
No One and the Cyclops	p. 33
Circe the Sorceress	p. 36
The Sirens' Song	p. 39
Return to Ithaca	p. 42
The Argonauts
Jason, Heir to the Throne	p. 49
The Golden Fleece	p. 51
The Voyage of the Argo	p. 53
Sowing the Dragon's Teeth	p. 55
Perseus
A Gift for the King	p. 61
The Gorgons' Cave	p. 63
Perseus to the Rescue	p. 67
A Fateful Throw of the Discus	p. 69
The Milk of a Goddess	p. 75
The Twelve Labours of Heracles
The Path of Virtue	p. 77
The Oracle's Advice	p. 79
Hydra Beheaded	p. 81
The Augean Stables	p. 83
Taming the Twelve Mares	p. 86
Fearless Amazons	p. 88
The Oxen of the Sun God	p. 90
Cerberus, the Hound of Hell	p. 92
Heracles the Immortal	p. 95
Theseus
The Labyrinth of Minos	p. 99
Flight to Freedom	p. 102
The Road to Athens	p. 105
Ariadne's Thread	p. 108
Success and Sorrow	p. 110
Greek History
A Royal Sacrifice	p. 115
Spartan Warriors	p. 117
Athenian Orators	p. 120
A Slave for an Eye	p. 122
The Sunlight Tree	p. 124
Hippias the Cruel Tyrant	p. 127
The Wrath of Darius	p. 130
The Battle of Marathon	p. 132
Xerxes' Mighty Army	p. 135
Treachery at Thermopylae	p. 137
Ships of War	p. 140
The Judgment of the Shards	p. 143
The Golden Age	p. 146
The Love of Wisdom	p. 148
Alcibiades the Traitor	p. 151
The Death of Socrates	p. 154
Alexander the Great
Taming Bucephalus	p. 159
Dreams of Conquest	p. 162
The Gordian Knot	p. 165
The Last Battle	p. 169
Index	p. 173
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