The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, credited to Charles Kingsley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley. 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. (summary by Laura Caldwell)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children
• Author credits: Charles Kingsley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 5:24:15

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• children
• heroes
• fairy tales
• kingsley

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 14:21
2. 01 - Part 1 of Perseus: How Perseus and his Mother Came to Seriphos — 8:20
3. 02 - Part 2 of Perseus: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow — 18:49
4. 03 - Part 3 of Perseus: How Perseus Slew the Gorgon — 21:14
5. 04 - Part 4 of Perseus: How Perseus Came to the Aethiops — 26:54
6. 05 - Part 5 of Perseus: How Perseus Came Home Again — 8:58
7. 06 - Part 1 of The Argonauts: How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion — 14:49
8. 07 - Part 2 of The Argonauts: How Jason Lost his Sandal in Anauros — 18:37
9. 08 - Part 3 of The Argonauts: How They Built the Ship 'Argo' in Iolcos — 8:11
10. 09 - Part 4 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis — 47:16
11. 10 - Part 5 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea — 54:19
12. 11 - Part 6 of The Argonauts: What Was the End of the Heroes — 6:20
13. 12 - Part 1 of Theseus: How Theseus Lifted the Stone — 9:54
14. 13 - Part 2 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men — 50:32
15. 14 - Part 3 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Minotaur — 10:06
16. 15 - Part 4 of Theseus: How Theseus Fell by his Pride — 5:43

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