{"product_id":"heroes-of-greek-mythology-charles-kingsley-9780486448541","title":"Heroes of Greek Mythology","description":"The inspiring adventures and stirring deeds of three of the greatest heroes of mythology spring to vivid life in these pages. Charles Kingsley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Babies\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the Victorian age's most brilliant storytellers, recounts for young readers the legendary feats of Perseus, Jason, and Theseus.\u003cbr\u003eRash and angry in his vow to slay Medusa the Gorgon, Perseus is cunning and patient in his quest. With the help of Athené's shield and Hermes' winged sandals, he faces the creature with writhing snakes for hair and rescues a princess chained to a rock. Fifty brave men known as the Argonauts join Jason in a treacherous journey across stormy, monster-infested seas in the search for the golden fleece of a magical ram. And Theseus sails off to Crete aboard a black-sailed ship with seven maidens and seven youths, all of them intended as sacrifices to the Minotaur--a fiend with the body of a man, the head of a bull, and the deadly teeth of a lion.\u003cbr\u003eThere are no fairy tales like these old Greek ones, Kingsley notes, for beauty, and wisdom, and truth, and for making children love noble deeds . . . for each of us has a Golden Fleece to seek, and a wild sea to sail over ere we reach it, and dragons to fight ere it be ours. This edition of his retellings of the immortal tales features sixty imaginative illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Kingsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486448541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486448541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.58w x 0.54d","brand":"Charles Kingsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994858946815,"sku":"9780486448541","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc559cab-eded-40f3-8f9f-f78cd4503f0f.jpg?v=1683332585","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heroes-of-greek-mythology-charles-kingsley-9780486448541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}