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*** ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR *** The Greeks believed that the whole world was divided among three great gods, who were brothers The first and greatest of these was the god of the heaven and earth. The second was the god of the ocean, the rivers, and the brooks. The third was the god of the under-world, or the dark space beneath the surface of the ground. But besides these, there were many other gods, most of whom were the children of these three or related to them in some way. The Greeks loved their gods, but feared them a little also. They tried to gain their good-will by building beautiful marble temples in their honor, and by offering wine and meat and precious things to them. They never grew tired of thinking and talking about their gods. So they made up many beautiful stories about them, which they told and re-told, and which their children and grandchildren repeated after them for many hundreds of years. This new edition, designed to make reading comfortable, comes with beautiful color illustrations along with classic paintings.

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Excerpt from Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men: A Primer of the Mythology and History of the Greeks In preparing the stories, the authors have tried to keep constantly in touch with the Greek literature from which the tales are ultimately derived. When more than one version of a story exists, choice has been made of that'one which seems best adapted to further the objects above indicated. The Greek names have been re tained in accordance with what is now recog nized as the only scholarly usage; but in the list of pronunciations the Latin equivalents are given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.