Author: R Leonard HollandsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780993389849
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book describes the quest of Wildlife Artist, Leonard Hollands, to capture the majesty of our largest raptor, the White-tailed Eagle.
My Sea Eagle Odyssey - New Edition
Author: R Leonard HollandsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780993389849
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book describes the quest of Wildlife Artist, Leonard Hollands, to capture the majesty of our largest raptor, the White-tailed Eagle.
My Sea Eagle Odyssey
Author: R Leonard HollandsPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 099338983X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The illustrated story of a wildlife artist's quest to paint the majestic sea eagles of Mull.
The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Author: Alfred J. ChurchPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625582048
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey though life. The poem centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song, and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. The Odyssey is Homers' sequel to the Iliad.
The Maiden's Odyssey
Author: Paul CoulterPublisher: Heartwood Press
ISBN: 1456413341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
THE MAIDEN'S ODYSSEY is historical fiction, set in the 8th Century BCE. A young captive named Nerissa survives her slave ship's passage from Asia Minor to the Greek island of Ithaca. Purchased by an aristocratic family, she first encounters Homer when he recites The Iliad at a banquet where she's serving. Once her master Theoton discovers Nerissa's keen intelligence, he involves her in his plan to introduce democracy. When Theoton's fortunes turn, Nerissa's sold off to a man of a much different stripe. Brutalized by her second master Tragus, Nerissa escapes, only to be recaptured and punished harshly. She seeks blind Homer's protection, but he insists on returning her. While leading Homer errantly, Nerissa recounts the ordeal of her family that led to her enslavement. As he struggles with the opening for his new poem The Odyssey, Homer becomes intrigued by Nerissa's tale. He corrects her at each juncture, insisting on turning real events into heroic exploits manipulated by the Gods. But he refuses to buy her, deeply scornful of a woman's ability to be a scribe. Actually, he's heavily in debt, and can't afford the few drachma it would cost for a damaged slave. Their encounter sets off a chain of tragedy and triumph winding through the next ten years.
The Iliad and the Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Author: Alfred J. ChurchPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625582439
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time. Set during the Trojan War, this timeless poem vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction. Homer's tale is a compassionate view of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death in the face of an often uncaring divinity. To call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. The poem centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. The Odyssey is Homers' sequel to the Iliad.
The Odyssey of Homer, Done Into English Prose
Author: HomerThe Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Author: The Odyssey
Author: HomerPublisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774648911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
“The Odyssey” is the tale of Odysseus’ (Ulysses’ in Latin) 10-year journey from the burned ramparts of Troy to his home in Ithaca. It involved many perils and delays, and ended with his violent confrontation with the suitors of his wife, Penelope. There have been many translations; this one in prose reads more like a novel than did its predecessors. For anyone not familiar with the translator's name, he's most famous as "Lawrence of Arabia".
Author: Richard Hooper
Author: Alfred John Church