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Trojan Women Trojan Women Euripides "The Trojan Women" is a play by the 5th century B.C. Greek dramatist Euripides. The story takes place at the end of the Trojan war and is focused on the Greeks' division of the spoils, who happen to… OL10306670W
History History Herodotus One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyru… OL15678068W
Where Troy Once Stood Where Troy Once Stood Iman Jacob Wilkens This work puts an end to the traditional interpretation of both the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, much to the displeasure of many who are unable to counter the basic arguments of its author and realize… OL15709251W
The Iliad and the Odyssey in Greek mythology The Iliad and the Odyssey in Greek mythology Karen Bornemann Spies A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Includes explantory notes and review questions. OL1883157W
Troy Troy Adèle Geras It's the tenth year of the Trojan War. Marpessa is gifted with God-sight and can see the Immortals. She is handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. Xanthe, her older sister, tends … OL19334636W
The Trojan War The Trojan War Olivia E. Coolidge Retells legends of the heroes of the Trojan War, which began with Paris of Troy's abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, lord of Greece. OL1935058W
The lost sisterhood The lost sisterhood Anne Fortier "From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation--and her life--on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary war… OL19707531W
The silence of the girls The silence of the girls Pat Barker "From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a monumental new masterpiece, set in the midst of literature's most famous war. Pat Barker turns her attention to the timeless … OL19749360W
War music War music Christopher Logue ""Your life at every instant up for-- / Gone. / And, candidly, who gives a toss? / Your heart beats strong. Your spirit grips" writes Christopher Logue in his original adaption of Homer's Iliad, the … OL20026362W
The Trojan horse The Trojan horse Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes,Publius Vergilius Maro,Quintus For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece's best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus's beautiful wife, Helen. After a deca… OL2035793W
The epic cycle The epic cycle M. L. West "The Iliad and Odyssey do not cover the main story of the Trojan War. The whole saga, which includes Zeus' plan to reduce the world's population, the Judgment of Paris and seduction of Helen, the sta… OL20955816W
Cursed by the sea god Cursed by the sea god Patrick Bowman Alexi continues his voyage with the Greeks after they leave the city of Troy. But he loses the respect with the Greeks when he is blamed for a disaster. OL21183102W
The Firebrand The Firebrand Marion Zimmer Bradley Born of noble blood, Kassandra is gifted with the ability to see into the futureand her visions tell of a battle that will bring the wrath of the gods upon all of Greece. She has foreseen the fall of… OL23794W
The Iliad The Iliad Homer <p>The <i>Iliad</i> is one of the oldest works of Western literature, dating back to classical antiquity. <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/homer">Homer’s</a> epic poem belongs in a collecti… OL27292338W
An arrow's flight An arrow's flight Mark Merlis The siege of Troy has dragged on for ten years, with no end in sight, when an oracle supplies the Greeks with the recipe for victory. All they need is Pyrrhus, son of the fallen Achilles. But Pyrrhus… OL2756046W
Helen of Troy Helen of Troy Margaret George A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face "launched a thousand ships"Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity's bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for mil… OL3355212W
The Iliad The Iliad Ian Strachan Retells the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, focusing on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon. OL3358087W
The Trojan horse The Trojan horse Warwick Hutton A retelling of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War. OL3503102W
The mourner's song The mourner's song James Tatum "In The Mourner's Song, James Tatum offers incisive discussions of physical and literary memorials constructed in the wake of war, from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the writings of Stephen Crane,… OL4629236W
Mythology Mythology Edith Hamilton There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology pr… OL5262120W
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