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A retelling of Homer's epic that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.Tags
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Great either as an introduction to the classics for kids...or indeed as a quick overview of homer's epic for the adult reader. Stirring b/w illustrations throughout as the author narrates Odyssseus' adventures at sea over twenty years - shipwrecks and sea monsters, cannibalistic ogres, sirens and nymphs that turn men into animals... Well-written, not childish in the least.
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Is a retelling of
The Odyssey by Homer
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Odyssey (Kingfisher Epics) (Kingfisher Epics)
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Odysseus; Penelope; Nausicaä; Cyclops; Circe; Poseidon (show all 12); Scylla; Charybdis; Athene; Eumaeus; Telemachus; Antinous
- Important places
- Greece; Troy
- Dedication
- For my mother and father
- First words
- Alone in a small boat, the sailor watched the rising sun splash crimson streaks across the sky and glisten on the still, dark surface of the Adriatic Sea. It was a lovely Mediterranean dawn, but the sailor had no time to lin... (show all)ger over the beauty of a sight he had seen one thousand times before.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was a story to cherish as long as they lived.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 883.01 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction Pseudo-Callisthenes
- LCC
- PZ8.1 .L69 .O — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 289
- Popularity
- 111,005
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.95)
- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- UPCs
- 2
- ASINs
- 4
