The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children

Charles Kingsley

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(4.5 stars; 211 reviews)

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity. (5 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Preface	14:21	Read by Laura Caldwell
Part 1 of Perseus: How Perseus and his Mother Came to Seriphos	8:19	Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Part 2 of Perseus: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow	18:48	Read by Colin McRoberts
Part 3 of Perseus: How Perseus Slew the Gorgon	21:14	Read by Tysto
Part 4 of Perseus: How Perseus Came to the AEthiops	26:53	Read by Tysto
Part 5 of Perseus: How Perseus Came Home Again	8:57	Read by R. S. Steinberg
Part 1 of The Argonauts: How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion	14:49	Read by Jennie Hughes
Part 2 of The Argonauts: How Jason Lost his Sandal in Anauros	18:36	Read by R. S. Steinberg
Part 3 of The Argonauts: How They Built the Ship 'Argo' in Iolcos	8:10	Read by R. S. Steinberg
Part 4 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis	47:15	Read by R. S. Steinberg
Part 5 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts were Driven into the Unknown Sea	54:19	Read by Tysto
Part 6 of The Argonauts: What was the end of the Heroes	6:19	Read by Tysto
Part 1 of Theseus: How Theseus Lifted the Stone	9:54	Read by Tysto
Part 2 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men	50:32	Read by Tysto
Part 3 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Minotaur	10:06	Read by Lizzie Driver
Part 4 of Theseus: How Theseus Fell by his Pride	5:43	Read by Lizzie Driver

Reviews

great

(4.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Good book! Fun to read! AWESOME

great

(5 stars)

Charlie

We love the book it was so adventure-full.

great stories!

(4.5 stars)

JHar714

Kids loved it. I really like the preface and conclusion in regards to helping kids understand context for mythology and the interjections on morality. Numerous people reading, but well done.

I like it a lot it’s pretty cool 😎 I like the readers

(4.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

I like it a lot

awesome 👍😊😊😊

(5 stars)

Nathan Smith

wow it's just like the real story 👍👍👍👍👌

good book well read

(5 stars)

Thiago Coelho

good book well read

meh

(3 stars)

niccisupernova

Not bad, but I did not realize this was one man telling the stories to his children. Interesting listen nonetheless.

(5 stars)

melody cash

I liked it a lot but I wish there was more