Translated by George Herbert Palmer
C. THE SLAYING OF THE SUITORS
F. S. Marvin, R. J. C. Mayor, and F. M. Stowell
D. PENELOPE RECOGNIZES ULYSSES
Translated by George Herbert Palmer

THE WANDERINGS OF THE TROJAN AENEAS
THE FLIGHT OF AENEAS FROM THE RUINS OF TROY Alfred J. Church
AENEAS'S ADVENTURE WITH THE HARPIES Charles Henry Hanson
AENEAS IN THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS Charles Henry Hanson
AENEAS AND QUEEN DIDO Alfred J. Church
THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES Charles Henry Hanson
AENEAS'S VISIT TO THE LOWER WORLD Charles Henry Hanson
AENEAS'S FIRST GREAT BATTLE WITH THE LATINS Charles Henry Hanson
AENEAS FINALLY CONQUERS THE LATINS Alfred J. Church

ILLUSTRATIONS

"IT IS STRANGE THAT THEY LET THAT DOG LIE THERE"
L.F. Schutzenberger

"I AM AFRAID THERE WILL NOT BE HALF ENOUGH SUPPER" Walter Crane

THEY LEAPED OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS HOLE George Wharton Edwards

TO HIM AT LAST THE THREE GODDESSES INTRUSTED THE JUDGMENT
AND THE GOLDEN APPLE Giulio Romano

FIERCE WAS THE FIGHT ABOUT THE BODY OF PATROCLUS Giulio Romano

A GREAT IMAGE OF A HORSE Franz Cleyn

THE CYCLOPS IN HIS WRATH BRAKE OFF THE TOP OF A GREAT HILL
L.F. Schutzenberger

"DEAR SON, HAVE YOU COME HOME AT LAST?" G. Truffault

THE FLIGHT FROM TROY Franz Cleyn

THE VICTORY OF EURYALUS Franz Cleyn

TO THE CHILDREN

The greater part of this book is made up of stories from the poems of
Homer and Virgil. Homer is thought to have lived in Greece about three
thousand years ago, and yet his poems never seem old-fashioned and people
do not tire of reading them. Boys and girls almost always like them,
because they are so full of stories. If you want to read about giants or
mermaids or shipwrecks or athletic contests or enchanters or furious
battles or the capture of cities or voyages to strange countries, all you
have to do is to open the Iliad and the Odyssey, and you will find stories
on all of these subjects. Homer can describe a foot-race or the throwing
of a discus so that you hold