Read Series: Terry Deary's Greek Tales
by Author Terry Deary
The Tortoise And The Dare (2006)
750 BC. The boys at school are excited. The Olympics are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities, so Ellie can only watch as her twin brother, Cypselis, prepare...
The Town Mouse And The Spartan House (2007)
430 B.C. Darius has been orphaned by the plague in Athens. To escape the sickness he runs off to join his Uncle Alcmaeon who is a general with the Spartan army. But he finds the Spartan way of life quite shocking. To the arrogant and ruthless Spartans, he is worthless. Then his uncle falls sick a...
The Lion's Slave (2007)
213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, young Lydia, is the bane of his life. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks turn to Archimedes for help, it is Lydia who always seems to come up with the answers.