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The race of men at the time were simple and content. Their days were passed in toil, but now, since Prometheus had given them fire, they had good fruits of their toil.

—The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

Padraic
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Padraic Colum

1881–1972, Irish-American author, b. Longford, Ireland. He was active in the Irish literary renaissance and helped to found the Abbey Theatre. His verse includes Wild Earth (1907), The Story of Lowry Maen (1937), and Collected Poems (1953). He also wrote children’s stories based on Irish folklore.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press.

WORKS: Anthology of Irish Verse
Arranged along national themes, a unique anthology of 181 poems and traditional songs.; Classic retellings of ancient myth for youthful readers by both a preeminent poet and illustrator:; The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. 1918.; The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles. 1922.
ANTHOLOGIZED VERSE: The Plougher; An Old Woman of the Roads

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