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Sulari Gentill

This is the first book in the author’s Hero trilogy. The story of Chasing Odysseus starts in the final days of the Trojan War. Its heroes are three teenaged brothers (Machaon, Cadmus and Lycon) and their younger sister (Hero). Their adoptive father, Agelaus, is a leader of the Herdsmen, a fiercely independent community, allied to the Trojans, who live on the slopes of Mt Ida. The Herdsmen, traditional protectors of the Trojan people, have been secretly supplying the Trojans with food (...)

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YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcinous Amazons Arete (Queen) Calypso Charybdis Cicones Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Demodocus Eurylochus Gods Helen Hermes Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Menelaus Nausicaa Odysseus / Ulysses Pan Pantheon Paris (Trojan Prince) Penthesilea Phaeacia Polyphemus Priam Scylla Sirens Thrinacia / Island of the Sun Tiresias Troy Underworld

Janusz Towpik, Jadwiga Żylińska

Expedition for the Golden Fleece [Wyprawa po złote runo]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The story begins when Iolcos, an ancient Thessalian city, was ruled by the usurper King Pelias. Pelias deprived his brother Aeson of the throne, but he didn’t know that Aeson’s lawful successor – Jason – w(...)

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YEAR: 1974

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Absyrtus / Apsyrtos Aeëtes Aphrodite Argo Argonauts Circe Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Dioscuri Golden Fleece Harpies Hecate Hera Homer Jason Lemnos Medea Orpheus Pelias Phaeacia Phineus Phrixus

Barbara Ludwiczak

The Adventures of Odysseus [Przygody Odyseusza]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp. Adaptation of the Odyssey, structured as a school text with description of main characters and topics. Odysseus journeys home after the fall of Troy. The Greek hero is trying to get back to his homeland, Ithaca, after the t(...)

literary

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aeolus Athena Calypso Charybdis Cicones Circe Helios Hermes Iliad Laertes Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Phaeacia Polyphemus Poseidon Scylla Sirens Telemachus Tiresias Trojan War