Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of 'The Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff Paperback Book

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Author: Rosemary Sutcliff

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library

Published: Dec 2005

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Greek & Roman

Retail Price: $8.99

Ages: 06 - 10

Pages: 151

Synopsis

The Story of the Iliad

Homer's epic poem, The Illiad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene. It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hectore, Ajax, Achilles, and Odysseus meet their most formidable challenges and in some casas their tragic ends.

Rosemary Sutcliff makes such extraordinary stories as those of those Trojan horse, of Aphrodite and the golden apple, and of the fearsome warrior women Amazons, accessible to contemporary young people.


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