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