Black ships before Troy : the story of the Iliad
(2004, original release: 1993)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/883.01/HOMER/SUT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Delacorte Press, 2004
©1993
©1993
DESCRIPTION
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1845073592, 9781845073596, 9781845073596, 1845073592 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 1993
Golden apple -- Ship-gathering -- Quarrel with the high king -- Single combat -- Women of Troy -- High king's embassy -- Horses of King Rhesus -- Red rain -- Battle for the ships -- Armor of Achilles -- Vengeance for Patroclus -- Funeral games -- Ransom for Hector -- Luck of Troy -- Warrior women -- Death of Achilles -- Poisoned arrow -- Wooden horse -- Fall of Troy
Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy