The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Gelesen von Ginny Blankenship
Alfred John Church
(4,712 Sterne; 33 Bewertungen)
A retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, including his adventures both the Cyclops and Circe, as he journeys home to his home of Ithaca. The story then continues to include his quest to rejoin his wife and family of whom he has been separated from for twenty years. This is Homer's Odyssey for the younger set. (Summary by Ginny Blankenship) (4 hr 1 min)
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Lady J from Frisco
(4 Sterne)
Thank you, Jenny. I recently bought a book of Greek mythology for my grandson and needed a reminder of the Odyssey. He won’t like it as violence abounds. Nonetheless, it helped me remember.
classic told for youngsters
Basquetteur
(4 Sterne)
A GREAT many years ago there was a very famous siege of a city called Troy. The eldest son of the king who reigned in this city carried off the wife of one of the Greek kings, and with her a great quantity of gold and silver. She was the most beautiful woman in the world, and all the princes of Greece had come to her father's court wishing to marry her. Her father had made them all swear, that if any one should steal her away from the man whom she would choose for her husband, they would help him to get her back. This promise they had now to keep. So they all went to besiege Troy, each taking a number of his subjects with him. On the other hand, the Trojans were helped by many of the nations that lived near them. The siege lasted for a long time, but in the tenth year the city was taken. Then the Greeks began to think about going home. This story is about one of these Greek princes, Ulysses by name, who was the King of Ithaca (an island on the west coast of Greece). Ulysses was, according to one story, very unwilling to go. He had married Penelope, a very good and beautiful wife, and had a little son,Telemachus. So he pretended to be mad, and took a plough down to the sea-shore and began to plough the sand. But some one took his little son and laid him in front of the plough. And when Ulysses stopped lest he should hurt him, people said: "This man is not really mad." So he had to go. And this is the story of how, at last, he came back after another ten years.
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(4,5 Sterne)
Awesome Storytelling, I do it for school and I love having to do it!! It's so easy to imagine it, I like it almost more than the Illiad for boys and girls!