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The Spartan Twins

Lucy Fitch Perkins

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Pandora if you are willing," said the Stranger. "The fine old tales of Hellas should be the birthright of every child. They will live so long as there are children in the world to hear them and old fellows like myself to tell them."

"If you will be so gracious then," said Lydia, "but first let us prepare ourselves to listen."

She signed to Chloe, who immediately brought a basin and towel to the Stranger and Melas. When they had washed their hands, she carried away the basin and swept the crumbs into the fire, while Lydia filled cups with wine and water and set them before her husband and his guest. Then wood was piled upon the fire, and Lydia seated herself beside it once more with her distaff and wool-basket, while Chloe crept into the shadow behind her mistress's chair, and the Twins drew nearer to her footstool. When everything was quiet once more, the Stranger lifted his wine-cup.

"Since we are in the country," he said,. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This is a pretty good little book to introduce kids to life in ancient Greece. The characters clearly believe their lives to be influenced by the gods and other supernatural forces, which they try to influence with piety, religious rituals, and even a curse and a spell against the crows eating the c

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2.7 stars

I read this to my 7 year old. I thought when I started it that it would be “too much” for her but she was quick to tell me we needed to continue to read it. It was a delightful story of twin siblings. An idea of what both family life and gender roles would have been like in the lives of the people f

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