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1) The Odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation - the first by a woman - matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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Set sail with Odysseus as he fights to find his way back home after the brutal Trojan War. On his ten year journey, he endures harrowing ordeals, battles monsters and learns what it means to be a hero. Award-winning professional storytellers Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden's gripping retelling breathes new life into Homer's classic The Odyssey.
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[2005]
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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....
4) The odyssey
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Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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An abridged retelling of Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son scheme to protect his throne.
5) The odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
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Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
6) Ithaca
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Songs of Penelope volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
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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...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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You are the mighty Odysseus. The Trojan War has made you a hero. But now you must return home to your island of Ithaca. The journey back will not be easy. Deadly sea monsters, cunning witches, and giant Cyclopes stand in your way. Do you have what it takes to survive and make it back home?
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2023.
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Features Samuel Butler's translations of the two Homeric epics comes with a ribbon bookmark, gilded edges and beautiful endpapers. Ideal to be read and treasured, it makes for a perfect addition to any library. The oldest extant works of Western literature, Homer s the Iliad and the Odyssey are an important part of the Greek culture. The Iliad gives a detailed poetic description of the war of Troy and expounds the battle and the events during the...
12) The odyssey
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2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents a graphic novel retelling of Homer's epic poem.
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Pub. Date
2000
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What is it in Homer's Odyssey that has so enthralled readers from around the world for thousands of years? By joining Professor Vandiver for these 12 lectures on the Odyssey, you'll find out why. This literary exploration centers on a single provocative question about the epic poem's protagonist, Odysseus: Why does he long so powerfully to go home? To probe the depths of this question, you'll embark on meticulous, insightful examinations of the most...
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2017.
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The best-selling author of The Lost presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
16) Ulysses
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2009.
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Ulysses' return from the Trojan Wars sets him upon a legendary adventure. He and his crew sail under the curse of Cassandra, and encounter Circe, the sirens and the cyclops.
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[2023]
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"Set sail for adventure with these stormy Greek legends Jason's uncle Pelias has seized the throne of Argos. Before Jason can take his rightful place there, he must retrieve a magical the Golden Fleece. To capture this treasure, he gathers a ship full of Greek war heroes. But as they set off for the fleece, many dangers lie ahead. Odysseus, captain of the Greek army, has won a decade-long war. Now he faces his greatest leading his men home. His journey...
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