The Iliad, retold by Gillian Cross ; illustrated by Neil Packer
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Label
The Iliad, retold by Gillian Cross ; illustrated by Neil Packer
Language
eng
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
710L, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Iliad
Responsibility statement
retold by Gillian Cross ; illustrated by Neil Packer
Summary
"Gillian Cross's fine retelling of Homer's epic story captures all the heroism and savagery of war and shows why the 'Iliad' has been called the first tragedy and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization"--Front jacket flap
Table Of Contents
The golden apple -- The quarrel -- Inside the walls of Troy -- Single combat -- Paris makes an offer and the Greeks make a wall -- Greeks on the run -- Pleading with Achilles -- Spies -- Disaster for the Greeks -- The gods interfere -- Patroclus in disguise -- Patroclus meets his fate -- The wonderful armor -- Achilles goes into battle -- The gods join in -- Fighting the river -- Hector's last stand -- Honor and dishonor -- Epilogue
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
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Genre
Subject
- Deception -- Juvenile fiction
- Epic poetry, Greek -- Adaptations
- Trojan War -- Juvenile fiction
- Achilles, (Mythological character) -- Fiction
- Battles -- Juvenile fiction
- Achilles, (Mythological character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Mythology, Greek
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Heroes -- Juvenile fiction
- Gods -- Juvenile fiction
- Troy (Extinct city) -- History -- Fiction
Content
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Illustrator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject11
- Deception -- Juvenile fiction
- Epic poetry, Greek -- Adaptations
- Trojan War -- Juvenile fiction
- Achilles, (Mythological character) -- Fiction
- Battles -- Juvenile fiction
- Achilles, (Mythological character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Mythology, Greek
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Heroes -- Juvenile fiction
- Gods -- Juvenile fiction
- Troy (Extinct city) -- History -- Fiction
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1