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1) The Iliad
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Centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determines the fate of Troy. This book presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background.
3) Troy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
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Age of Bronze volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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"Drawn from the myths and legends of centuries, A thousand ships carries the story of the Trojan War into the twenty-first century- each sensual touch, every savage blow, the smiles and tear, the lust and betrayal, the entire tapestry of drama and action."-cover.
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Troilus and Criseyde (c.1385) is an epic poem written by English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in Middle English, Troilus and Criseyde is the story of two lovers forced apart by the Greek siege of Troy. Often considered Chaucer's finest work for its structural consistency and completeness, the poem adapts Homer's Iliad and other ancient sources which expand on its tradition to tell a Christian moral tale about the importance of faith and the sacred...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Tells of the great seige at Troy, the woman who caused it, the warriors who fought and fell, and the trickery that ended it all. The Trojan prince Paris has abducted Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus. It is a crime that will unite all of Greece's armies against the kingdom of Troy. In a 10-year siege, brave warriors will fight, and both sides will suffer great bloodshed. Can the deadlock be broken?"
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A retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of its women follows the stories of a vigil-keeping Penelope, an Amazon princess rival of Achilles, and three goddesses whose feud sparks a tragic conflict.
Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen. From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
14) Achilles
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to Achilles and his place in Greek mythology, including his connection with the Trojan WAr and such figures as Athena and Apollo.
15) The odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply retold for younger readers.
16) Odysseus
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Learn about Odysseus who was one of the greatest heroes of Greek culture.
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"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 legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War. The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"--
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