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Good evening. Tonight, I'll be reading chapters 21 to 25 of Stories of Greece by Mary McGregor.

So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night's sleep.

Chapter 21 The Land of Helus

The stories of gods and heroes are not pure history. They are myths or legends which have grown

with the ages until sometimes they are told as though they are true. Although the tales I have

been telling you of the early days of Greece are myths, yet the Greeks who lived in later times

would often speak of them as though they actually had happened. I am going to tell you now,

not of gods or heroes, but of the true deeds of mortal men. And first of all, you will wish to hear

a little about the land in which the ancient Greeks lived. It was named, as you already know,

Helus, while the inhabitants were called Hellenus. But Helus and her people had another name

given to them by the Romans who called Helus Grisha and the Hellenus Grishi from a tribe that

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