Black Ships Before Troy : The Story of The Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   055349483X ISBN-13:   9780553494839 Publisher:   Random House; Laurel Leaf Category:   Classics Pub. Date:   December 2005 Pages:   151 Format:   Paperback Ages:   12 and Up
Description/Notes
The Story of the IliadHomer's epic poem, The Illiad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene. It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hectore, Ajax, Achilles, and Odysseus meet their most formidable challenges and in some casas their tragic ends.Rosemary Sutcliff makes such extraordinary stories as those of those Trojan horse, of Aphrodite and the golden apple, and of the fearsome warrior women Amazons, accessible to contemporary young people.From the Hardcover edition.