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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece — Homer

Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

Homer

  • Children
  • Book language: English
  • 139 pages

This is a children's prose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, based on a primary-school reader from Athens. It follows Odysseus, the hero of Ithaca, from his youth through the Trojan War and his long journey home. It offers an accessible introduction to classical myth and the virtues of cleverness and endurance.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Contents

  1. ODYSSEUS
  2. THE HERO OF ITHACA
  3. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF THE HERO, ODYSSEUS
  8. THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO HIS OWN COUNTRY
  9. THE TRIUMPH OF ODYSSEUS
  10. VOCABULARY AND NOTES
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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