title: The Greek Gods and Heroes - Ancient Greece for Kids | Children's Ancient History
author:  Baby Professor 
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zlib_text: The Heroes
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  The Heroes
  
  The Heroes
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  PREFACE
  MY DEAR CHILDREN,
  Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of  you, as
  you grow up, will hear more and more of them.  Those  of you who are
  boys will, perhaps, spend a great deal of time  in reading Greek books;
  and the girls, though they may not  learn Greek, will be sure to come
  across a great many stories  taken from Greek history, and to see, I may
  say every day,  things which we should not have had if it had not been for
  these old Greeks.  You can hardly find a well-written book  which has
  not in it Greek names, and words, and proverbs; you  cannot walk
  through a great town without passing Greek  buildings; you cannot go
  into a well-furnished room without  seeing Greek statues and ornaments,
  even Greek patterns of  furniture and paper; so strangely have these old
  Greeks left  their mark behind them upon this modern world in which we
  now  live.  And as you grow up, and read more and more, you will
  find that we owe to th