Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew

This collection retells a broad range of ancient Greek myths and folktales in accessible prose for young readers. It opens with pastoral stories of Pan and the wood-folk, nymphs and transformations such as Echo and Narcissus, then moves through moral and tragic episodes including Midas, Prometheus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Icarus and Daedalus, and Phaethon. Larger heroic cycles appear as narrative sketches of the Trojan War, the house of Agamemnon, and the wanderings and homecoming of Odysseus. Shorter legends—Atalanta, Arachne, Pygmalion, Cupid and Psyche—round out the book, with recurring themes of metamorphosis, fate, and the interplay between mortals and gods.