From Fifty Famous People
By James Baldwin
Retold by ReadOasis.com
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(Part 1)

In the city of Corinth there once lived a wonderful musician whose name was Arion. He played a stringed instrument called a lyre. Arion played the lyre better and sang more sweetly than anyone. And the songs that he composed were famous in many lands.

The king of Corinth was his friend. And the people of Corinth never grew tired of praising his sweet music.

One summer Arion went over the sea to Italy, ...