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Available
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Publication
Frances Lincoln (2005), Hardcover, 120 pages
Description
A retelling of the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.
User reviews
LibraryThing member MrsLee
I bought this because it was illustrated by Alan Lee and I had heard good things of Rosemary Sutcliff. It was thouroughly enjoyable. Especially after watching the movie, "Troy". The pictures alone would make it worth reading, since Alan Lee was so involved in the LOTR trilogy. The story was
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captivationg, and fun to make sense of the many myths and stories I've read. Show Less
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Homer's Odyssey adapted for children. With the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus and his 12-boat crew head back to Ithaca. But they end up well off course for a good 10 years or so, encountering as the go along the one-eyed Cyclops; Aeolus, Lord of the Winds; Circe, the enchanted island; the
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irresistible call of the Sirens; the sea-monsters Scylla and Charybdis. When hi men slaughter and roast the cattle of Hyperion the Sun Lord, a storm wreaks havoc and destruction upon the entire crew except Odyseeues. He recovers on the island of Calypso and eventually returns to Ithaca, where, disguised as a beggar he wins back his wife Penelope in an archer contest and slays every one of the suitors who had been trying to press themselves upon Penelope during Odysseus' long absence. Twenty years total before he fianlly made it home???And those gods are sometimes too convenient and at others so unavailable. Show Less
Language
Original publication date
1995
Physical description
120 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
1845073606 / 9781845073602
Local notes
The long siege is ended and Troy is in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home – but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War. A re-telling of Homer's epic tale which highlights the main challenges in each chapter – visit to the Cyclops, the Island of the Dead, Circe.
Accompanied by Lee's stormy misty mountainscapes and monsters.
UK hb.
Accompanied by Lee's stormy misty mountainscapes and monsters.
UK hb.