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Centaurs      smelt   the  wine�察    �and    flocked    to  it�察 �and  fought    for  it  with 

Heracles�察�but he        killed them all with his poisoned arrows�察�and Cheiron 

was     left alone。    Then Cheiron took up one of the arrows�察�and                dropped 

it by chance upon his foot�察�and the poison ran like                fire along his veins�察�

and he lay down and longed to die�察�and                cried�察�'Through wine I perish�察�

the   bane   of   all   my   race。 Why      should   I   live   for   ever   in   this   agony�拭�

Who will take my         immortality�察�that I may die��' 

     Then Prometheus answered�察�the good Titan�察�whom Heracles had                         set 

free from Caucasus�察�'I will take your immortality and                live for ever�察�that I 

may help poor mortal men。'            So Cheiron       gave him his immortality�察�and 

died�察�and had rest from pain。            And Heracles and Prometheus wept over 

him�察�and went to bury          him on Pelion�察�but Zeus took him up among the 



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stars�察�to live      for ever�察�grand and mild�察�low down in the far southern sky。 

     And in time the heroes died�察�all but Nestor�察�the silver´ tongued old man�察�

and   left   behind   them   valiant   sons�察  �but   not       so   great   as   they   had   been。 

Yet   their   fame�察  �too�察 �lives   till   this   day�察 �for   they  fought   at   the   ten   years' 

siege of Troy�此         �and their story is in the book which we call Homer�察�in 

two   of     the   noblest   songs   on   earth   ´   the   'Iliad��'   which   tells   us   of  the 

siege   of   Troy�察  �and Achilles'   quarrel   with   the   kings�察  �and          the   'Odyssey��' 

which tells the wanderings of Odysseus�察                   �through many lands for many 

years�察�and how Alcinous sent him                home at last�察�safe to Ithaca his beloved 

island�察  �and   to    Penelope   his   faithful   wife�察  �and Telemachus   his   son�察  �and 

Euphorbus   the   noble   swineherd�察  �and   the   old   dog   who   licked   his             hand 

and   died。      We   will   read   that   sweet   story�察  �children�察  �by       the   fire   some 

winter   night。      And   now   I   will   end   my   tale�察  �and      begin   another   and   a 

more cheerful   one�察�of   a hero   who became a                 worthy  king�察�and   won his 

people's love。 



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                  STORY III。 ´ THESEUS 



      PART I ´ HOW THESEUS LIFTED THE STONE 



       ONCE   upon   a   time   there   was   a   princess   in   Troezene�察�Aithra�察   �the 

daughter   of   Pittheus   the   king。  She   had   one   fair   son�察 �named   Theseus�察�

the   bravest   lad   in   all   the   land�察  �and Aithra never   smiled   but   when   she 

looked   at   him�察  �for   her   husband   had  forgotten   her�察  �and   lived   far   away。 

And she used to go up to          the mountain above Troezene�察�to the temple of 

Poseidon and       sit there all day looking out across the bay�察�over Methana�察�

to the purple peaks of AEgina and the Attic shore beyond。                     And when 

Theseus was full fifteen years old she took him up              with her to the temple�察�

and into the thickets of the grove          which grew in the temple´yard。           And 

she led him to a tall       plane´tree�察�beneath whose shade grew arbutus�察�and 

lentisk�察   �and    purple   heather´bushes。      And     there  she   sighed�察  �and   said�察�

'Theseus�察�my son�察�go into that thicket and you will find at               the plane´tree 

foot a great flat stone�察�lift it�察�and bring me        what lies underneath。' 

     Then Theseus pushed his way in through the thick bushes�察�and                     saw 

that they had not been moved for many a year。                And      searching among 

their   roots   he  found    a  great  flat  stone�察 �all   overgrown      with   ivy�察 �and 

acanthus�察�and moss。         He tried to lift    it�察�but he could not。      And he tried 

till the sweat ran down         his brow from heat�察�and the tears from his eyes 

for   shame�察   �but   all   was   of   no   avail。 And   at   last   he   came   back   to   his 

mother�察 �and   said�察  �'I have   found   the   stone�察 �but   I   cannot lift it�察  �nor   do   I 

think that any man could in all Troezene。' 

     Then she sighed�察�and said�察�'The Gods wait long�察�but they are                  just at 

last。   Let it be for another year。        The day may come          when you will be 

a stronger man than lives in all Troezene。' 

     Then she took him by the hand�察�and went into the temple and                  prayed�察�

and came down again with Theseus to her home。 

     And    when     a  full  year  was   past   she  led   Theseus    up   again   to  the 

temple�察�and bade him lift the stone�察�but he could not。 



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     Then   she   sighed�察  �and   said   the   same   words   again�察  �and   went   down�察�

and came again the next year�察�but Theseus could not                  lift the stone then�察�

nor the year after�察�and he longed to ask             his mother the meaning of that 

stone�察�and what might lie          underneath it�察�but her face was so sad that he 

had not the      heart to ask。 

     So he said to himself�察�'The day shall surely come when I will                 lift that 

stone�察�though no man in Troezene can。'             And in      order to grow strong he 

spent   all   his   days   in   wrestling�察  �and  boxing�察  �and   hurling�察  �and   taming 

horses�察�and hunting the boar           and the bull�察�and coursing goats and deer 

among the rocks�察       �till upon all the mountains there was no hunter so swift 

as    Theseus�察  �and   he   killed    Phaia   the   wild   sow   of   Crommyon�察     �which 

wasted all the land�察�till all the people said�察�'Surely the            Gods are with the 

lad。' 

     And when his eighteenth year was past�察�Aithra led him up                     again to 

the temple�察�and said�察�'Theseus�察�lift the stone this           day�察�or never know who 

you are。'     And Theseus went into the           thicket�察�and stood over the stone�察�

and tugged at it�察�and it       moved。      Then his spirit swelled within him�察�and 

he said�察�'If    I break my heart in my body�察�it shall up。'            And he tugged at 

it once more�察�and lifted it�察�and rolled it over with a shout。 

     And when he looked beneath it�察�on the ground lay a sword of                   bronze�察�

with a hilt of glittering gold�察�and by it a pair of            golden sandals�察�and he 

caught them up�察�and burst through the             bushes like a wild boar�察�and leapt 

to his mother�察�holding        them high above his head。 

     But when she 
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