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Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.
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Homer's Odyssey is not the only version of the story. Mythic material was originally oral, and also local -- a myth would be told one way in one place and quite differently in another. I have drawn on material other than the Odyssey, especially for the details of Penelope's parentage, her early life and marriage, and the scandalous rumors circulating about her. I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids....
6) The Odyssey
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"A landmark new translation of Homer's most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn. In 1961, the University of Chicago Press published Richmond Lattimore's translation of Homer's The Iliad. For more than sixty years, it has served to introduce readers to the ancient Greek world of gods and heroes and has been one of the most popular and respected versions of the work. Yet through all those decades, Chicago never published...
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Myth-o-mania volume 10
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In this humorous version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home from Troy.
14) The odyssey
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All-action classics volume 3
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Sterling
Pub. Date
c2009
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A retelling in graphic novel format of Homer's epic. The Trojan War raged for ten years until the Greek armies triumphed. But the victors were cursed by jealous gods and set out in stormy seas to face their fates. But more than storms and treachery, gods and mosters is needed to keep King Odysseus from returning home.
15) Ithaka
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006
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The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.
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Brújula y la veleta volume 12
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Ediciones Lea S.A
Pub. Date
2017.
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"Esta es la historia del afamado Odiseo. Una historia plagada de dioses, engaños, aventuras y paisajes imposibles que nos llegó de la voz de Homero y que las mágicas letras de Victoria Rigiroli se animan a contarnos otra vez, recorriendo cada uno de los pasos de este gran héroe, intenando, en esta nueva lectura, devolver sano y salvo a Odiseo a su patria."-- Provided by publisher.
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