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1) The Iliad
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation"--
"The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious...
2) The odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Retells the classic Greek epic about the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy and his efforts to return home to Ithaca and his family.
3) The odyssey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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The epic poem recounting the experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War.
A new translation of the epic poem, and the first by a woman, brings alive Homer's tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic, and provides an introductory overview of the poem's major themes, controversial origin, and the scope of its influence.
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 "Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean…It is rare to find...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the "prince" Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman's body she always longed for, and promises...
Author
Publisher
Alianza de Novelas
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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Description
Grecia en la era de los heroes. Patroclo, un principe joven y torpe, ha sido exiliado al reino de Ftia, donde vive a la sombra del rey Peleo y su hijo divino, Aquiles.Aquiles, el mejor de los griegos, es todo lo que no es Patroclo: fuerte, apuesto, hijo de una diosa. Un dia Aquiles toma bajo su proteccion al lastimoso principe y ese vinculo provisional da paso a una solida amistad mientras ambos se convierten en jovenes habilidosos en las artes de...
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