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The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children

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The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity. (5 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Preface

14:21

Read by Laura Caldwell

Part 1 of Perseus: How Perseus and his Mother Came to Seriphos

8:19

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

Part 2 of Perseus: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow

18:48

Read by Colin McRoberts

Part 3 of Perseus: How Perseus Slew the Gorgon

21:14

Read by Tysto

Part 4 of Perseus: How Perseus Came to the AEthiops

26:53

Read by Tysto

Part 5 of Perseus: How Perseus Came Home Again

8:57

Read by R. S. Steinberg

Part 1 of The Argonauts: How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion

14:49

Read by Jennie Hughes

Part 2 of The Argonauts: How Jason Lost his Sandal in Anauros

18:36

Read by R. S. Steinberg

Part 3 of The Argonauts: How They Built the Ship 'Argo' in Iolcos

8:10

Read by R. S. Steinberg

Part 4 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis

47:15

Read by R. S. Steinberg

Part 5 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts were Driven into the Unknown Sea

54:19

Read by Tysto

Part 6 of The Argonauts: What was the end of the Heroes

6:19

Read by Tysto

Part 1 of Theseus: How Theseus Lifted the Stone

9:54

Read by Tysto

Part 2 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men

50:32

Read by Tysto

Part 3 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Minotaur

10:06

Read by Lizzie Driver

Part 4 of Theseus: How Theseus Fell by his Pride

5:43

Read by Lizzie Driver

Bewertungen

great

(4,5 Sterne)

Good book! Fun to read! AWESOME

great

(5 Sterne)

We love the book it was so adventure-full.

great stories!

(4,5 Sterne)

Kids loved it. I really like the preface and conclusion in regards to helping kids understand context for mythology and the interjections on morality. Numerous people reading, but well done.

I like it a lot it’s pretty cool 😎 I like the readers

(4,5 Sterne)

I like it a lot

awesome 👍😊😊😊

(5 Sterne)

wow it's just like the real story 👍👍👍👍👌

good book well read

(5 Sterne)

good book well read

meh

(3 Sterne)

Not bad, but I did not realize this was one man telling the stories to his children. Interesting listen nonetheless.

(5 Sterne)

I liked it a lot but I wish there was more