Kingsley. The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales

Today's free book is The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales by Charles Kingsley. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This was a popular book in many editions; this edition has illustrations by T. H. Robinson.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!



STORY I.—Perseus
Part I. How Perseus and His Mother Came to Seriphos
Part II. How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow
Part III. How Perseus Slew the Gorgon
Part IV. How Perseus Came to the Aethiops
Part V. How Perseus Came Home Again

STORY II.—The Argonauts
Part I. How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion
Part II. How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros
Part III. How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos
Part IV. How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis
Part V. How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea
Part VI. What Was the End of the Heroes

STORY III.—Theseus
Part I. How Theseus Lifted the Stone
Part II. How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men
Part III. How Theseus Slew the Minotaur
Part IV. How Theseus Fell By His Pride