The gray-eyed goddess /
Material type: TextSeries: Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey ; bk. 4Publication details: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 105 p. : ill., map ; 19 cmISBN:- 0786807733 :
- 883.01
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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JF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Fiction | J OSB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | PZ8.1.O813 Lan 2002 | 1 | Available | 34517000375801 |
Illustrations on lining papers.
Prologue -- Odysseus and Penelope -- Son of Odysseus -- Gray-eyed goddess -- Setting sail -- Search -- Old man of the sea -- Calypso's island -- Voyage -- Epilogue -- About Homer and the Odyssey -- Gods and goddesses of ancient Greece -- Main gods and goddesses: and pronunciation of their names -- Pronunciation guide: to other proper names -- Note on the sources -- About the author.
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are desperately warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father.
"Ages 8-11"--Cover, p. [4].
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