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The Heroes

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Heroes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Charles Kingsley • Curated US English Learning Edition

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HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

And Peleus had married a sea-nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day.

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Chapter VII Reading 1/21

The Heroes

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Heroes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

Line 2

Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

Line 3

Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

Line 4

And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

Line 5

And Peleus had married a sea-nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day.

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a

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among

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From this reading And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

ANAUROS

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

And

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

Asclepius

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

be

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become

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From this reading And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

by

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

came

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

cures

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

day

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dead

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famous

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fellows

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fulfil

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gone

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growing

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grown

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had

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have

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he

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Heracles

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HIS

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

HOW

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

IN

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into

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

is

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JASON

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labours

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life

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

LOST

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

man

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married

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men

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

mighty

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

of

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

on

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

Peleus

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From this reading And Peleus had married a sea-nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day.

Peloponnese

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proverb

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raise

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SANDAL

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say

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

sea-nymph

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From this reading And Peleus had married a sea-nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day.

side

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

Some

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

ten

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

the

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

Thebes

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From this reading And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

this

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From this reading And Peleus had married a sea-nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day.

those

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From this reading And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

to

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

up

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

used

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

was

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

wedding

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went

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

were

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From this reading Some of his fellows were gone, and some were growing up by his side.

which

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From this reading And Heracles was gone to Thebes to fulfil those famous labours which have become a proverb among men.

wondrous

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

work

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From this reading Asclepius was gone into Peloponnese to work his wondrous cures on men; and some say he used to raise the dead to life.

years

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From this reading HOW JASON LOST HIS SANDAL IN ANAUROS And ten years came and went, and Jason was grown to be a mighty man.

Chapter 7 of The Heroes by Charles Kingsley holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 7 of The Heroes contain?

Chapter 7 holds 109 sentences of The Heroes, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of The Heroes by Charles Kingsley exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 7 of The Heroes?

Work through the 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 22 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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About 139 minutes of reading across 336 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Heroes

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Heroes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Perseus: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Heroes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mother: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Heroes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Seriphos: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Heroes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Princes: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Heroes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.