Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

Aulis, a city of B?otia on a ridge of rock running out into the sea between two little bays, each of which was a harbor for many ships. A hundred thousand m

ith their good will, a great miracle happened. A fearful snake crept from under the altar and climbed a tree in which there was a sparrow's nest nearly hidden by the leaves. T

alchas, said to them: "Why do ye wonder at this? The all-powerful Zeus has sent us this sign because our deeds shall live forever in the minds of men. Just as

ould not blow, and the boats waited there year after year; for a sacred hind had been slain by Agamemnon, one that belonged to the godd

Iphigeneia, and offer her up on the altar as the only acceptable sacrifice to Artemis. When he had placed her upon the altar and the p

PERSUADING AGAMEMNON T

ed the struggle, and how many fell in the battle, all this we can learn from an old book called the "Iliad." We shall select from it only

ar with Troy. That we may understand better what happened later on, we must give a short a