Padraic Colum (1881 ā 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. He collected Irish folk songs, Ā«She Moved She Moved Through the Fair is the most famous song, for which Colum wrote most of the words, with the musicologist Herbert Hughes.
How Orpheus the Minstrel Went Down to the World of the Dead is a famous short story for children included in Ā«The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before AchillesĀ» by Padraic Colum. This collection is considered to be important for bringing classical literature to children. In his story Colum weaves the folktale into a short, epic story. Ā«The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before AchillesĀ» describes Greek mythology, the cycle of myths about the Argonauts and different legends of Jason.
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