The Iliad and the Odyssey
Subtitle: stories from Homer's epics
Publisher: K12
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Herndon, VA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781931728508
Subjects: Greek Epic poetry; Adaptations; Greek Mythology; Trojan War; Iliad (Homer); Odyssey (Homer); Trojan War. fast (OCoLC)fst01157294; Juvenile literature
Notes: "The text in this volume is adapted from the following sources: Homer : the poet for all ages from Everyday classics eight reader/ ed. Franklin T. Baker and Ashley H. Thorndike (New York: Macmillan, 1918) -- What happened before the Iliad from The Merrill readers ; fifth reader / ed. Franklin B. Dyer and Mary J. Brady (New York : Charles E. Merrill Co., 1916); and, "The fall of Troy" in Thirty more famous stories retold / by James Baldwin (New York : American Book Co., 1905) -- Stories from the Iliad from The Iliad for boys and girls (New York : Macmillan, 1907) and Stories from Homer (New York : Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1901) / by Alfred J. Church -- Stories from the Odyssey from The adventures of Odysseus and the tale of Troy / by Padraic Colum (New York : Macmillan, 1918) -- Illustrations in this volume are by Willy Pogany, from The adventures of Odysseus and the tale of Troy (New York : Macmillan, 1918)"--Page 158.

Editor, John Holdren ; art director, Steve Godwin ; designer, Jayoung Cho.
Table of contents: title: Homer : the poet for all ages; title: The Greek gods; title: What happened before the Iliad. The judgment of Paris; title: The beautiful Helen; title: Odysseus; title: The godlike Achilles; title: Stories from the Iliad. Prologue : the long siege; title: The quarrel; title: Hector and Andromache; title: Agamemnon's appeal to Achilles; title: The arming of Patroclus; title: How the death of Patroclus roused Achilles; title: The making of the arms; title: The vengeance of Achilles; title: Priam's appeal to Achilles; title: The death of Achilles; title: The Trojan horse; title: Stories from the Odyssey. Part 1, A son's adventures. The visitor to Telemachus; title: Telemachus speaks; title: The council meeting; title: Preparing to embark; title: In the hall of Menelaus; title: Part 2, A hero's return. The command to Calypso; title: Nausicaa; title: In the hall of Alcinous; title: Odysseus tells his tale; title: Odysseus tells of Aeolus and Circe; title: Odysseus tells of many perils; title: The return to Ithaca; title: Odysseus and the swineherd; title: Father and son; title: The beggar in the hall of Odysseus; title: The scar; title: The beggar and the bow; title: The vengeance of Odysseus; title: Husband and wife; title: Son and father; title: Acknowledgments.