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Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781500102258 Category : Languages : en Pages : 134
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Tales of Troy :Ulysses the Sacker of Cities ,By Andrew Lang tells the tale of the Beautiful Helen,Ulysses ,Achiles,and the war of Troy, between Greeks and Trojans
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781500102258 Category : Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Tales of Troy :Ulysses the Sacker of Cities ,By Andrew Lang tells the tale of the Beautiful Helen,Ulysses ,Achiles,and the war of Troy, between Greeks and Trojans
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 250
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Tales of Troy and Greece:Annotated by Andrew Lang It is a collection of various Troy and Greek fairy tales and myths. This book contains legends about Homer, as well as wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. In this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told, Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons, and the Wooden Horse all play roles. This book contains the adventures of Theseus and his dramatic battle with the Minotaur with the assistance of Ariadne, as well as Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece with the assistance of Princess Medea.This book includes an author biography as well as a table of contents that is linked to each chapter (Kindle edition). We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high-quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: Pat Barker Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 038554670X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
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A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post). Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean. It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester. Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.
Author: Theodor Kallifatides Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 1590519728 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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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.
Author: Roger Green Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141973269 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 205
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The story of Helen and the judgement of Paris, of the gathering Heroes and the seige of Troy; of Achilles and his vulnerable heel, reared by the Centaur on wild honey and the marrow of lions; of Odysseus, the last of the Heroes, his plan for the wooden Horse and his many adventures on his long journey home to Greece. Also contains a beautiful introduction by best-selling author Michelle Paver, and additional endmatter including an author profile, who's who, activities, glossary and more.
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 236
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This work narrates the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Helen of Troy, Paris, Hector, Achilles, the Amazons, Ulysses, and the Wooden Horse all feature in this introduction to one of the most remarkable legends ever told. Moreover, this book contains the adventures of Theseus and his dramatic battle with the Minotaur with Ariadne's help and Jason's search for the Golden Fleece with the assistance of Princess Medea.
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag ISBN: 3849607461 Category : Languages : en Pages : 323
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Perhaps there are some who will think we as a publisher are overexacting in our demands for children's literature. Many of Dr. Church's adaptations have come to us, and we cannot claim that they have added much to our respect for Homer. We always feel that we are backed up when we declare that in this retelling process, the large ruggedness which rightfully belongs to the classic is lost in the mild care we take of the sensitiveness of children. One is immediately drawn to Tales of Troy and Greece. Mr. Lang treats of Ulysses, Mellager, Theseus, Perseus, and puts into his text more substance than is found in the ordinary adaptation or rewritten classic. Contents: Ulysses The Sacker Of Cities The Wanderings Of Ulysses The Fleece Of Gold Theseus Perseus This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 117
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Scottish writer Andrew Lang is best remember for his prolific collections of folk and fairy tales, but he was also an accomplished poet, literary critic, novelist and contributor in the field of anthropology. In Lang's Helen of Troy, a story in rhyme of the fortunes of Helen, the theory that she was an unwilling victim of the Gods has been preferred. Many of the descriptions of manners are versified from the Iliad and the Odyssey. The description of the events after the death of Hector, and the account of the sack of Troy, is chiefly borrowed from Quintus Smyrnaeus. The character and history of Helen of Troy have been conceived of in very different ways by poets and mythologists.
Author: Andrew Lang Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781717332011 Category : Languages : en Pages : 238
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Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told. Superbly illustrated by H. J. Ford, Lang draws masterfully upon his classical training to bring to life some of the central stories of Greek mythology. Readers will follow the exciting adventures of Ulysses from his boyhood through his perilous return from the Trojan War, meet the lovely Helen of Troy, hear about the amazing Trojan horse, join Jason on his determined quest for the Golden Fleece, encounter the fierce, beautiful Amazons, and learn about the legendary deeds of other remarkable Greek heroes. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Andrew Lang
Author: Andrew Lang
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Author: Pat Barker
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Author: Andrew Lang