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                            The Heroes 



The Heroes 



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                                  PREFACE 



                               MY DEAR CHILDREN�察�

     Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks�察�and all of                you�察�as 

you grow up�察�will hear more and more of them。                Those     of you who are 

boys will�察�perhaps�察�spend a great deal of time              in reading Greek books�察�

and   the   girls�察  �though   they   may   not learn   Greek�察  �will   be   sure   to   come 

across a great many stories         taken from Greek history�察�and to see�察�I may 

say every day�察     �things which we should not have had if it had not been for 

these old Greeks。        You can hardly find a well´written book             which has 

not    in  it  Greek   names�察   �and   words�察   �and   proverbs�察   �you   cannot     walk 

through   a   great   town   without   passing   Greek     buildings�察  �you   cannot   go 

into a well´furnished room without            seeing Greek statues and ornaments�察�

even Greek patterns of         furniture and paper�察�so strangely have these old 

Greeks left     their mark behind them upon this modern world in which we 

now     live。    And   as   you   grow   up�察  �and   read   more   and   more�察  �you   will 

find    that   we    owe    to  these    old   Greeks    the   beginners     of   all  our 

mathematics       and   geometry     ´  that  is�察 �the  science   and   knowledge      of 

numbers�察  �and   of   the   shapes   of   things�察  �and   of   the   forces which   make 

things move and stand at rest�察�and the beginnings               of our geography and 

astronomy�察  �and   of   our   laws�察  �and   freedom�察    �and   politics   ´   that   is�察  �the 

science of how to rule a country�察         �and make it peaceful and strong。          And 

we owe   to them�察 �too�察      �the beginning of our logic   ´ that   is�察�the   study  of 

words   and     of   reasoning�察  �and of our   metaphysics   ´  that   is�察�the study  of 

our own thoughts and souls。           And last of all�察�they made their         language 

so beautiful that foreigners used to take to it          instead of their own�察�and at 

last Greek became the common             language of educated people all over the 

old   world�察   �from    Persia    and   Egypt   even   to  Spain    and   Britain。   And 

therefore   it   was   that   the   New   Testament   was   written   in   Greek�察  �that   it 

might be read and understood by all the nations of the Roman                 empire�察�so 

that�察�next to the Jews�察�and the Bible which the            Jews handed down to us�察�

we owe more to these old Greeks than             to any people upon earth。 



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     Now you must remember one thing ´ that 'Greeks' was not their                    real 

name。      They     called   themselves      always    'Hellens��'   but   the   Romans 

miscalled   them   Greeks�察  �and   we   have   taken   that   wrong     name   from   the 

Romans ´ it would take a long time to tell you               why。     They were made 

up of many tribes and many small             separate states�察�and when you hear in 

this   book   of   Minuai�察  �and   Athenians�察  �and   other   such   names�察  �you   must 

remember that        they were all different tribes and peoples of the one great 

Hellen race�察�who lived in what we now call Greece�察�in the                 islands of the 

Archipelago�察�and along the coast of Asia Minor                 ��Ionia�察�as they call it���察�

from the Hellespont to Rhodes�察�and            had afterwards colonies and cities in 

Sicily�察�and South Italy        ��which was called Great Greece���察�and along the 

shores of the      Black Sea at Sinope�察�and Kertch�察�and at Sevastopol。               And 

after that�察�again�察�they spread under Alexander the Great�察�and                 conquered 

Egypt�察�and   Syria�察�and   Persia�察�and the whole   East。            But that   was   many 

hundred   years   after   my   stories�察  �for   then  there   were   no   Greeks   on   the 

Black Sea shores�察�nor in Sicily�察         �or Italy�察�or anywhere but in Greece and 

in Ionia。     And if you      are puzzled by the names of places in this book�察�

you must      take the maps and find them out。            It will be a pleasanter way 

of learning geography than out of a dull lesson´book。 

     Now�察    �I  love   these   old   Hellens     heartily�察  �and   I  should    be   very 

ungrateful to them if I did not�察�considering all that they             have taught me�察�

and they seem to me like brothers�察�though               they have all been dead and 

gone     many    hundred    years   ago。    So    as   you   must    learn  about    them�察�

whether you choose or not�察�I         wish to be the first to introduce you to them�察�

and to say�察    �'Come hither�察�children�察�at this blessed Christmas time�察�when 

all God's creatures should rejoice together�察�and bless Him               who redeemed 

them all。     Come and see old friends of mine�察          �whom I knew long ere you 

were   born。     They  are   come   to   visit  us   at   Christmas�察  �out   of   the   world 

where all live to God�察�and         to tell you some of their old fairy tales�察�which 

they loved      when they were young like you。' 

     For nations begin at first by being children like you�察�though               they are 

made up of grown men。            They are children at first        like you ´ men and 

women with children's hearts�察�frank�察�and              affectionate�察�and full of trust�察�

and teachable�察�and loving to          see and learn all the wonders round them�察�



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and greedy also�察      �too often�察�and passionate and silly�察�as children are。 

     Thus these old Greeks were teachable�察�and learnt from all the                nations 

round。     From   the   Phoenicians   they   learnt     shipbuilding�察  �and   some   say 

letters beside�察�and from the         Assyrians they learnt painting�察�and carving�察�

and   building   in    wood   and   stone�察  �and   from   the   Egyptians   they   learnt 

astronomy�察     �and many things which you would not understand。                    In this 

they    were like our own forefathers the Northmen�察�of whom you love                    to 

hear�察�who�察�though they were wild and rough themselves�察                   �were humble�察�

and    glad   to  learn   from   every    one。   Therefore      God     rewarded     these 

Greeks�察�as He rewarded our forefathers�察�and               made them wiser than the 

people   who   taught   them  in   everything      they   learnt�察  �for   He   loves   to   see 

men and children open´ hearted�察�and willing to be taught�察�and to him who 

uses what      he has   got�察�He   gives   more and   more   day by  day。        So   these 

Greeks grew wise and powerful�察�and wrote poems which will                     live till the 

world's end�察�which you must read for yourselves               some day�察�in English at 

least�察  �if  not  in  Greek。    And     they   learnt    to  carve   statues�察 �and   build 

temples�察  �which   are   still   among   the   wonders   of   the   world�察  �and   many 

another   wondrous        thing   God   taught   them�察  �for   which   we   are   the   wiser 

this day。 

     For you must not fancy�察�children�察�that because these old              Greeks were 

heathens�察�therefore God did not care for them�察            �and taught them nothing。 

     The Bible tells us that it was not so�察�but that God's mercy              is over all 

His works�察�and that He understands the hearts of              all people�察�and fashions 

all their works。     And St。 Paul told       these old Greeks in after times�察�when 


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