Author: Virgil
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780141026343
Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fated to be an exile, a hero must roam the world to follow his destiny . . . The city of Troy has fallen. Only a few of its citizens remain. The brave hero Aeneas Must save his family and escape before the invading Greeks murder them all. But he is cursed by Juno, Queen of Heaven. Chasing him across the seas, the revenging goddess summons up every torment in her powers to destroy him. Can Aeneas survive to fulfill his destiny and create the proud city of Rome? Or will the charms of the beautiful Dido tempt him to abandon this great task?
The Destruction of Troy
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780141026343
Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fated to be an exile, a hero must roam the world to follow his destiny . . . The city of Troy has fallen. Only a few of its citizens remain. The brave hero Aeneas Must save his family and escape before the invading Greeks murder them all. But he is cursed by Juno, Queen of Heaven. Chasing him across the seas, the revenging goddess summons up every torment in her powers to destroy him. Can Aeneas survive to fulfill his destiny and create the proud city of Rome? Or will the charms of the beautiful Dido tempt him to abandon this great task?
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780141026343
Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fated to be an exile, a hero must roam the world to follow his destiny . . . The city of Troy has fallen. Only a few of its citizens remain. The brave hero Aeneas Must save his family and escape before the invading Greeks murder them all. But he is cursed by Juno, Queen of Heaven. Chasing him across the seas, the revenging goddess summons up every torment in her powers to destroy him. Can Aeneas survive to fulfill his destiny and create the proud city of Rome? Or will the charms of the beautiful Dido tempt him to abandon this great task?
The Siege of Troy
Author: Theodor Kallifatides
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer's epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer's epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.
Troy
Author: Ben Hubbard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782746164
Category : Trojan War
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782746164
Category : Trojan War
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Destruction of Troy, in Three Books
Author: Raoul Lefèvre
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Troy (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Troy (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Alliterative Revival
Author: Thorlac Turville-Petre
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780874719550
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780874719550
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The Destruction of Troy, in Three Books ... Seventh Edition, Corrected, Etc. B.L.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Destruction of Troy
Author: Raoul Lefèvre
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Troy (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Troy (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Helen of Troy
Author: Margaret George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Togail Troi. The Destruction of Troy. Transcribed from the Facsimile of the Book of Leinster and Transl. with a Glossarial Index of the Rarer Words by Whitley Stokes
Author: Whitley Stokes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Troy
Author: Adele Geras
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444922084
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows. Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humour into this classic story.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444922084
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows. Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humour into this classic story.