VI. HOW ULYSSES WAS WRECKED, YET REACHED PHAEACIA 133 VII. HOW ULYSSES CAME TO HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND FOR SAFETY DISGUISED HIMSELF AS AN OLD BEGGAR MAN 145 VIII. ULYSSES COMES DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR TO HIS OWN PALACE 153 IX. THE SLAYING OF THE WOOERS 163 X. THE END 168 _THE FLEECE OF GOLD_ I. THE CHILDREN OF THE CLOUD. 172 II. THE SEARCH FOR THE FLEECE 180 III. THE WINNING OF THE FLEECE 191 _THESEUS_ I. THE WEDDING OF AETHRA 201 II. THE BOYHOOD OF THESEUS 205 III. ADVENTURES OF THESEUS 211 IV. THESEUS FINDS HIS FATHER 226 V. HERALDS COME FOR TRIBUTE 233 VI. THESEUS IN CRETE 239 VII. THE SLAYING OF THE MINOTAUR 247 _PERSEUS_ I. THE PRISON OF DANAE 254 II. THE VOW OF PERSEUS 261 III. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA 279 IV. HOW PERSEUS AVENGED DANAE 284 ILLUSTRATIONS THE STEALING OF HELEN _Frontispiece_ MAP OF GREECE _facing p. 1_ ULYSSES, WHEN A YOUTH, FIGHTS THE WILD BOAR AND GETS HIS WOUND IN HIS THIGH " 4 HELEN POINTS OUT THE CHIEF HEROES IN THE GREEK HOST TO PRIAM " 28 ACHILLES PITIES PENTHESILEA AFTER SLAYING HER " 70 PARIS COMES BACK TO OENONE " 90 MENELAUS REFRAINS FROM KILLING HELEN AT THE INTERCESSION OF ULYSSES " 100 CIRCE SENDS THE SWINE (THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES) TO THE STYES " 112 THE ADVENTURE WITH SCYLLA " 120 CALYPSO TAKES PITY ON ULYSSES " 130 HOW ULYSSES MET NAUSICAA " 136 ULYSSES SHOOTS THE FIRST ARROW AT THE WOOERS " 164 KING ATHAMAS STEALS NEPHELE'S CLOTHES SO THAT SHE CANNOT FLOAT AWAY WITH HER SISTERS " 174 HOW THE SERPENT THAT GUARDED THE GOLDEN FLEECE WAS SLAIN " 198