The Heroes

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.