num_pages: 165
description: Kingfisher Epics are action-packed retellings of classic tales and legends, with all the exhilaration and immediacy of their original versions. Magnificent black-and-white illustrations bring the heroic deeds depicted in these stories dramatically to life. These stories have enthralled readers for centuries, and Kingfisher Epics make them accessible to a new generation of children.When Helen is kidnapped by Paris, a Trojan prince, the Greek army lays siege to Troy. The Iliad tells of the nine-year war for revenge, thrillingly recounting the fierce battles between both armies' greatest warriors. This dramatic retelling of Homer's epic story retains all the excitement of the original.
language: English
title: The Iliad
titlecomplete: The Iliad (Kingfisher Epics)
characters: Paris, Ajax, Sarpedon (King of Lycia), Hecuba, Agamemnon, Aeneas, Hector of Troy, Menelaus, Akhilleus, Helen of Troy, Andromache, Cassandra, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Ajax Oileus, Odysseus, Diomedes, Nestor, Briseis
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, War, School, Greek Mythology, Historical Fiction, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 435005
places: Troy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Kingfisher