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. - excerpt from Preface of The Heroes (Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children)