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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... CHAP. I.--HEROISM. HERCULES. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. OF all the heroes of ancient story, there is none who equals Hercules in prowess, valour, and fearless bravery, and none whose fame has spread so far and so wide. The original source of the myth is difficult to trace, but it was developed--in the form in which it has descended to us--in Greece. From that fertile birth-place of legendary lore it spread--with many an after-growth--to Italy, and thence to all the nations of the old world; the main characteristics of the hero being always the same, however much the story of his feats and exploits might differ. Heracles, or Hercules, descended from the race of Perseus, was the son of Zeus, or Jupiter (to keep to the simpler Latin forms), and was born at Thebes. Jupiter, intending great things for his young son, declared on the day of his birth that the child then entering the world should be a chief, and have dominion over all the house of Perseus. But even the king of heaven did not always get his own way. Jealousy and intrigue--which seem to have been the very meat and drink of the Olympians--stepped in to frustrate his plans. Juno, his crafty and suspicious queen, hearing the boast, and persuading the unsuspecting god to confirm it by an oath, resolved to outwit him. Her cunning plan succeeded, for that same day, a few hours before Hercules saw the light, another scion of the noble house--a babe named Eurystheus--was born in the old city of Argos, thus supplanting Hercules, and robbing him of his promised birthright. But for this mishap, however, we might never have had any of the young champion's bravest deeds to record; for they were the outcome and fruit of h...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217904568
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217904564
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 64 gr


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