Synopsis
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.
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About the Author
Marcia Williams worked as a nursery teacher before beginning a successful career as an author and illustrator. With her distinctive cartoon-strip style, she has now illustrated and retold many literary classics for children, including Greek Myths and Mr William Shakespeare's Plays. Marcia lives in Barnes, London.
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5. Williams's version of these two Greek stories continues in the comic-strip format the reteller popularized in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1996), Greek Myths for Young Children (1992), and Sinbad the Sailor (1994, all Candlewick). In text that runs below each row of cartoons, Williams manages to distill a complex and multilayered saga into a logical sequence of cause and effect. From the discord created by the golden apple, through the Trojan War and the voyages of Odysseus, each major event is succinctly captured on one or two pages and bordered by an intricate frame. While brevity robs the retelling of drama and personality, these elements are provided in excess in the watercolor illustrations of various sizes. A plethora of details can be examined in each cell, which contains dialogue between gods and mortals as well as plenty of action. Noble and ignoble alike are caricatured, blood and gore flow freely, and witty and witless epithets are hurled about. There are lots of bare bottoms and everyone is depicted with peculiarly puckered lips. Although the vocabulary is challenging, the format will appeal to reluctant readers. This slapstick version will add little to library collections on the classics, but will find a ready audience.?Carol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, NJ
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