《旧约》中十二小先知之一，其事迹记录在〈约拿书〉中（他的预言书在犹太教正典中是较大的十二先知书”的一部分。）上帝命约拿去亚述国大城市尼尼微宣告该城将遭灾难，但他不认为居民如此罪恶深重的外国城市应得解救，所以将船朝反方向驶离。当这艘船受到暴风雨威胁将被摧毁时，他忏悔自己的过错并要求船员将他...
THE SWINEHERDThere was once a poor Prince, who had a kingdom. His kingdom was very small,but still quite large enough to marry upon; and he wished to ...
亦称传福音的圣约翰（St. John the Evangelist）或圣者约翰（St. John the Divine）活动时期西元1世纪耶稣的十二位使徒之一，传统上认为是《新约》中第四部〈福音书〉和〈使徒行传〉的作者。〈启示录〉传统上也认为是他的作品。其父是渔夫西庇太，约翰与兄弟雅各（参阅Jame...
THE FIR TREEOut in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a verygood one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enoug...
Hecuba He cuba's life was one of grief and sorrow．She saw withher own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted by Achilles．She saw her son ...
The Four Ages There had been four ages since the human world first cameinto being ．They are the Golden Age，the Silver Age，the Age of Bronze and the Ag...
Io Io was the daughter of a rivergod．She was loved，run after and won by Zeus．Hera became so greeneyed that she flew down from Olympus one day to pay h...
The Sirens Far out in the sea there was an island，on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens，the three sisters of magic song．Half human...
Ajax（the Great） Ajax was a man of giant stature，daring but slow．When the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the ...
Jason Among the pupils of the wise and just Centaur，there wasa boy named Jason．He was by birth a prince．His father Aeson was once king of Iolcus，but w...