Elsie Buckley retells a selection of the old Greek tales for young readers, drawing on sources from Homer and Hesiod to the tragedians: the riddle of the Sphinx, Eros and Psyche, Hero and Leander, the sacrifice of Alcestis, the hunt for the Calydonian boar and the curse laid on Echo. An introduction by the classicist Arthur Sidgwick sets the stories in context.
Graceful, faithful versions of the myths for older children, generous in length and serious in tone. Download the free EPUB.