The Tale of Troy
A War, Mythology, Fiction book. I liked this book because retellings by Roger Lancelyn Green are easy and interesting to read. I especially enjoyed this...
The story of Helen and the judgement of Paris, of the gathering Heroes and the seige of Troy; of Achilles and his vulnerable heel, reared by the Centaur on wild honey and the marrow of lions; of Odysseus, the last of the Heroes, his plan for the wooden Horse and his many adventures on his long journey home to Greece.With a beautiful introduction by best-selling author Michelle Paver, and additional endmatter including an author profile, who's who, activities, glossary and more.
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780141341965 / 141341963
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Green's treatment of the Troy legends makes them come alive. It also orders the various disparate sources in a roughly correct chronological order, so it's easy to follow.Don't let reading this put off a return to the source material, which is also worth reading if you can get a decent translation (forget Chapman's Homer in other words).... I liked this book because retellings by Roger Lancelyn Green are easy and interesting to read. I especially enjoyed this book because Athena, my favorite Greek Goddess, is portrayed in it. I think the Wooden Horse was a very creative way to get into Troy. I wish that Paris had chosen Athena, then he would have had the wisdom not to... This is a book that I wish I had read as a kid and find myself very fortunate to read now. Mr. Green writes the famous story of Helen and Paris and the war fought to win her back in a fluid, easy to read style that doesn't detract from the details of the war. And he pulls from other ancient texts, not just the Iliad, and in turn familiarizes...
