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The Ancient Greece of Odysseus Peter Connolly

The Ancient Greece of Odysseus By Peter Connolly

The Ancient Greece of Odysseus by Peter Connolly


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Summary

Presents Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in an illustrated format. This title also includes information about the true history of Troy, illustrated with photographs, maps, and reconstructions.

The Ancient Greece of Odysseus Summary

The Ancient Greece of Odysseus by Peter Connolly

This is a marvellous, superbly illustrated retelling of two great epics - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, following the fortunes of Odysseus, the craftiest of the Greek commanders. Interspersed with the story are pages of fascinating information about the true history of Troy, illustrated with photographs, maps, and Peter Connolly's unequalled reconstructions. Together, the two parts add up to more than the whole, and bring Homer's epics triumphantly to life. First published as The Legend of Odysseus, this book, which won the T.E.S. Information Book Award, is now reissued with a new title.

Table of Contents

ALL BECAUSE OF A GIRL; The oath; The heroes assemble; A narrow escape; The quarrel; Empires in Chaos; Agamemnon's Citadel at Mycenae; Ships; DAYS OF DEATH; The duel; A battle with the gods; Ajax and Hector; Zeus intervenes; The battle for the ships; The Warrior: Helmets; The Warrior: Body Armour and Weapons; The Warrior: Other Armour, Shields and Chariots; Religion and Burial Rites; DAYS OF SORROW; Patroclus; Hector's last fight; A double disaster; The wooden horse; Troy: The Plain; Troy: The Excavations; Troy: The Siege; THE GREAT ADVENTURE; The return of the heroes; Penelope; A one-eyed giant; The valley of death; A whirlpool and a monster; The Voyages of Odysseus; Old Nestor's Palace at Pylos; THE HOMECOMING; Telemachus returns; Impending doom; Penelope offers a challenge; The final reckoning; Men, Women and Costume; Dating and Domestic life; Ithaca: The Home of Odysseus; The Trojan War: FACT OR FICTION?

Additional information

GOR001472504
9780199105328
0199105324
The Ancient Greece of Odysseus by Peter Connolly
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19990107
80
N/A
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