{"id":3884,"date":"2019-07-06T21:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=3884"},"modified":"2025-03-23T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:30:43","slug":"the-odyssey-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-odyssey-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odyssey for Boys and Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Odyssey for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Alfred J. Church<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>Lively retelling of Homer’s Odyssey, telling of the wanderings of Ulysses and his adventures with the giant Cyclops and the enchantress Circe as he makes his way home to his beloved Ithaca. There, after slaying the suitors who have been wooing his wife Penelope, he is reunited with his family after twenty long years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>8-12<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>168 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/em>Black and white<\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-59915-028-4<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature, Greek Hero Tales<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Cyclops 2. Of the Home of the Winds and of Circe 3. Of the Sirens and Other Wonders 4. Of What Happened in Ithaca 5. How Telemachus Went To Look for His Father 6. How Telemachus Saw Nestor 7. How Telemachus Came to Sparta 8. Menelaus’s Story 9. How Ulysses Came to the Phaeacians 10. Nausicaa 11. Alcinous 12. Ulysses among the Phaeacians <\/em><\/p>\n

13. Ithaca 14. Eumaeus 15. Ulysses and His Son 16. Of the Dog Argus and Other Things 17. Of the Beggar Irus and Other Things 18. How Ulysses Was Made Known 19. The Trial of the Bow 20. The Slaying of the Suitors 21. At Last 22. Of Laertes 23. How There Was Peace between Ulysses and his People<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Iliad for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Alfred J. Church<\/p>\n

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A Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

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The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Padraic Colum<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Heroes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Charles Kingsley<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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