Stories from Plato and other classic writers : Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny (1896)
Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918 · Boston : Ginn & Company · leaf 27
re of 14 STORIES FROM PLATO liimself; and the day had arrived,when all the living things mustcome out to the light and live onthe outside of the earth. Prometheus wonderedwhat he could do to aidmen. He knew thatthey must starve andfreeze, if they were leftin such a helpless con-dition. So he went… … MINERVA. AND OTHER CLASSIC WRITERS. 15 making spears, and spindles, andother useful things. He saw that a certain kind ofwisdom came from using fire andmaking tools, so he stole some ofthe fire and some of the wisdom,too, and took them down to mortalsfor a present. Then man became possessed ofthe…
Plato · Children's stories, Greek
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