Stories Of Old Greece And Rome - Emilie Kip Baker

In The Days Of Long, Long Ago When Men Built Altars, And Burned Sacrifices, And Worshiped Their Gods İn Temples Of Pure White Marble, Jupiter, The Greatest Of The Gods, Sat Upon His Throne On High Olympus And Looked Down Upon The Doings Of Men. The Topmost Peak Of Mount Olympus Was Covered With Clouds,—So High İt Was Above All The Hills Of Greece,—And İts Slopes Were Thickly Wooded. Just How High The Mountain Really Was Could Only Be Guessed, For No Man Had Dared To Climb Even As High As The First Cloud Line; Though The Story Goes That Once Upon A Time A Wandering Shepherd, Looking For A Strayed Lamb, Had Ventured Far Up The Mountain Side And Had Soon Lost His Way.