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1) The Odyssey
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this fresh, authoritative version?the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman?this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer?s sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer?s music."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus' 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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his men, returning from the Land of the Dead determined to sail home to Ithaca, encounter Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool.
9) The Odyssey
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This animated version of the homer classic brings us back in time to Ancient Greece.
10) Odisea
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Alma
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"This epic poem recounts the adventures of Ulysses, on his journey returning to his homeland, Ithaca. Since the moment the Trojan War ended until the moment he finally returns home many years later, he was joined by his beloved wife Penélope and his son Telémaco"--
11) Ithaca
Author
Series
Songs of Penelope volume 1
Publisher
Redhook Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his "one last chance" to learn the great literature he'd neglected in his youth--and, even more, a final...
14) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Homer's epic that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Author
Series
Little goddess girls volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Goddess Girls are on their way to the Sparkle City Pet Show when they discover a cute, pink kitten on the Hello Brick Road. Two boys, Prince Paris and Odysseus, both claim the kitten is theirs. Can Artemis figure out which boy is telling the truth and get the sweet kitty back home?"--
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