The gray-eyed goddess
Title:
The gray-eyed goddess
Author:
Osborne, Mary Pope, author.
ISBN:
9780786809318
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
121 pages: illustrations; 19 cm
Series:
Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey ; bk. 4
General Note:
Illustrations on lining papers.
Contents:
Prologue -- Odysseus and Penelope -- Son of Odysseus -- Gray-eyed goddess -- Setting sail -- Search -- Old man of the sea -- Calypso's island -- Voyage -- Epilogue -- About Homer and the Odyssey -- Gods and goddesses of ancient Greece -- Main gods and goddesses: and pronunciation of their names -- Pronunciation guide: to other proper names -- Note on the sources -- About the author.
Abstract:
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his 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.
Reading Level:
"Ages 8-11"--P. 4 of cover.
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