Greece (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Greece

Away down in a Southern sunny corner on the other Side Of Europe there rises from the blue waters Of the Mediterranean the land which we call Greece.

You already know this country as a wonderland that used to be the home of a noble race Of heroes. The Heroic Age lasted for about two hundred years, and this is the once-upon-a-time epoch to which-you Owe some Of your favourite stories. Then it was that Perseus slew the gorgon, Hercules performed his twelve famous labours, Theseus killed the Minotaur, Jason led the Argonauts in the Golden Fleece adventure, and Ulysses took Troy by the wooden horse stratagem.

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