Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew

Download or read book Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew written by Josephine Preston Peabody and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The woods were never lonely. A man might wander away into those solitudes and think himself friendless; but here and there a river knew, and a tree could tell, a story of its own. Beautiful creatures they were, that for one reason or another had left off human shape. Some had been transformed against their will, that they might do no more harm to their fellow-men. Some were changed through the pity of the gods, that they might share the simple life of Pan, mindless of mortal cares, glad in rain and sunshine, and always close to the heart of the Earth...FROM THE BOOKS.