A GREAT IMAGE OF A HORSE Franz Cleyn

THE CYCLOPS IN HIS WRATH BRAKE OFF THE TOP OF A GREAT HILL
L.F. Schutzenberger

"DEAR SON, HAVE YOU COME HOME AT LAST?" G. Truffault

THE FLIGHT FROM TROY Franz Cleyn

THE VICTORY OF EURYALUS Franz Cleyn




TO THE CHILDREN


The greater part of this book is made up of stories from the poems of
Homer and Virgil. Homer is thought to have lived in Greece about three
thousand years ago, and yet his poems never seem old-fashioned and people
do not tire of reading them. Boys and girls almost always like them,
because they are so full of stories. If you want to read about giants or
mermaids or shipwrecks or athletic contests or enchanters or furious
battles or the capture of cities or voyages to strange countries, all you
have to do is to open the Iliad and the Odyssey, and you will find stories
on all of these subjects. Homer can describe a foot-race or the throwing
of a discus so that you hold your breath to see who will win; and he can
picture a battle so vividly that you almost try to dodge the arrows and
spears. He can make the tears come into your eyes by telling you of the