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Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 4
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Homer's account of the Trojan War, and of the story of Odysseus' adventures on his homeward voyage.
7) Troy High
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Best friends Cassie and Greg get caught in the middle of a decades-old football rivalry between their high school teams, the Spartans and the Trojans, in this novel loosely based on Homer's classic tale, The Iliad.
Author
Series
Amsterdam studies in classical philology volume 14
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
12) The luck of Troy
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
1967.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Trojan War legend in which a Greek boy removes an ancient secret, Troy's "luck" from the temple.
13) The Trojan War
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Retells some of the scenes from Homer's Iliad, which depicts the exploits of the Greeks and Greek gods during the Trojan War. Discusses the judgment of Paris (which led to the conflict), the beauty of Helen, the fatal weakness of brave Achilles, and the mystery of the Trojan Horse.
14) Fun with colors
Publisher
Fun With Languages
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A language-learning program for toddlers, featuring colors, objects, and classical music. Words and rhymes are presented in English and the new language to make learning colors fun.
Author
Series
Publisher
Open SUNY Textbooks, Milne Library, State University of New York at Geneseo
Pub. Date
2013-
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity attempts to make the study of literature more than simply another school subject that students have to take. At a time when all subjects seem to be valued only for their testability, this book tries to show the value of reading and studying literature, even earlier literature. It shows students, some of whom will themselves become teachers, that literature actually has something to say to them. Furthermore,...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Kate McLoughlin's Authoring War is an ambitious and pioneering study of war writing across all literary genres from earliest times to the present day. Examining a range of cultures, she brings wide reading and close rhetorical analysis to illuminate how writers have met the challenge of representing violence, chaos and loss. War gives rise to problems of epistemology, scale, space, time, language and logic. She emphasises the importance of form to...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Georgia Press
Pub. Date
2015-
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This peer-reviewed World Literature I anthology includes introductory text and images before each series of readings. Sections of the text are divided by time period in three parts: the Ancient World, Middle Ages, and Renaissance, and then divided into chapters by location."--Open Textbook Library.
Series
Publisher
University of North Georgia Press
Pub. Date
2015-
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature. In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone...
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 ... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com.