The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. (summary from book introduction) This collection consists of Volume 3, including many tales from Homer and Virgil among others. - Summary by William Patten

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1 00 - Preface and List of gods 8:26
2 01 - How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 1 35:28
3 02 - How Theseus slays the Minotaur Part 2 29:25
4 03 - Pegasus, the Winged Horse 50:56
5 04 - The Heroes Sail Away in Search of the Golden Fleece 15:33
6 05 - How Jason Lost His Sandal 17:05
7 06 - How They Built the Ship Argo 7:53
8 07 - How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis 44:11
9 08 - Hunting the Calydonian Boar 36:20
10 09 - The Winning of Atalanta 41:10
11 10 - Turning Everything into Gold 37:19
12 11 - The Pomegranate Seeds Part 1 43:00
13 12 - The Pomegranate Seeds Part 2 29:36
14 13 - The Trojan War 6:36
15 14 - The Quarrel of the Chiefs 18:44
16 15 - The Fight Between Paris and Menelaus 12:49
17 16 - The Duel Between Hector and Ajax 13:13
18 17 - The Deeds and Death of Patroclus 13:25
19 18 - The Death of Hector 19:40
20 19 - The Ransoming of Hector 21:44
21 20 - The Wooden Horse 6:40
22 21 - The Lotus-Eaters 8:13
23 22 - Ulysses and the Cyclops 18:05
24 23 - Circe’s Palace Part 1 43:33
25 24 - Circe’s Palace Part 2 25:22
26 25 - Ulysses and the Sirens 7:57
27 26 - Nausicaa Rescues Ulysses 18:24
28 27 - Ulysses and the Swineherd 8:51
29 28 - The Return of Telemachus 6:50
30 29 - Ulysses in His Home 14:04
31 30 - The Trial of the Bow 8:35
32 31 - The Vengeance of Ulysses 9:03
33 32 - The Remnant of the Defeated Army Seeks a New Home 12:30
34 33 - The Adventure with the Harpies 5:08
35 34 - Pursued by the Cyclops 11:46
36 35 - Venus Sends Æneas to Queen Dido 11:30
37 36 - Queen Dido Welcomes Æneas 14:14
38 37 - The Love and Death of Queen Dido 22:10
39 38 - The Race of the Four Galleys 10:35
40 39 - The Foot Race 3:38
41 40 - The Boxing Match 5:49
42 41 - The Contest of the Archers 4:41
43 42 - The Sibyl Speaks to Æneas 9:50
44 43 - The Dwellings of the Dead 23:46
45 44 - The Oracle Foretells the Coming of Æneas 3:24
46 45 - Æneas and His Companions Eat Their Tables 7:40
47 46 - The Fight Between Æneas and Turnus 13:23
48 47 - The Death of Turnus 12:23
49 48 - The Story of Romulus and of Numa 21:24
50 49 - The Story of Alba 29:28