The Odyssey by Homer
NOVELS
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Ithaka by Adele Geras
Troy by Adele Geras
Inside the Walls of Troy by Clarence McLaren
Waiting for Odysseus by Clarence McLaren
Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman
The Wanderings of Ulysses: The Story of the Odyssey by Rosemary Sutcliffe
Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
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The Odyssey by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Odyssey by Homer adapted by Adrian Mitchell
The Voyages of Ulysses by Clifton Fadiman
Cyclops written and illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
The Final Battle by Mary Pope Osborne
The One-Eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne
The Land of the Dead by Mary Pope Osborne
Sirens and Sea Monsters by Mary Pope Osborne
Return to Ithaca by Mary Pope Osborne
Iliad and the Odyssey: The Heroic Story of the Trojan War, and the Fabulous
Adventures of Odysseus adapted from the Greek Classics of Homer by Jane
Werner Watson
The Adventures of Ulysses: Homer's Epic in Pictures by Erich Lessing
FILMS / VIDEOS
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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Troy. Warner Brothers Pictures, 2004. (162 min.)
The Odyssey. Hallmark Entertainment, 1997. (165 min.)
The Journeys of Odysseus. Top Dog Media, 2005. (23 min.)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
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Odysseus : Escaping Poseidon's Curse by Dan Jolley
http://www.lernerbooks.com/cgibin/books.sh/lernerpublishing.p?navaction=f6_title.w&navvalue=9780822562085
The Age of Bronze, Volume 1: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower
The Age of Bronze, Volume 2: Sacrifice by Eric Shanower
The Age of Bronze, Volume 3A: Betrayal by Eric Shanower
ARTWORK
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The Quest for Ulysses by W. B. Stanford and J. V. Luce
Odysseus and His Men Poke Out the Eye of Polyphemus
The Apotheosis of Homer by J.A.D. Ingres
Reading from Homer by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Homer by Rembrandt
Homer and His Guide by William-Adolphe Bouquereau
Homer Blind Greek Poet Singing to the Sailors by P. Phillipoteaux
Odysseus y Jacob Jordaens
Red-Figure Vase Depicting Odysseus
A Fantastic Cave with Odysseus and Calypso by Jan Bruegel the Elder
Odysseus and Circe by R. Smirke
Henry Ford:
o Odysseus Shoots the First Arrow at the Suitors
o Odysseus Fights a Wild Boar and Gets a Wound in His Thigh
o Circe the Sorceress Turns Odysseus and His Men into Swine and Sends
Them to the Styes
o Calypso and Odysseus
o The Shipwrecked Odysseus Meets Nausicca Daughter of King Alcinous
Odysseus and the Sirens, Athenian Red Figure Stamnos Vase by the Siren
Painter
Relief Depicting Odysseus and Penelope from Milo, circa 450 BC
Odysseus Returns to His Wife, Penelope by Isaac Taylor
Odysseus Finds His Father Laertes by James Fittler
Odysseus is Recognized by His Dog Argos by Robert Brown
POEMS
TV SHOWS
INTERNET SOURCES
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Mythweb Odyssey webquest http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/
Library Think Quest: The Odyssey
http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/odyssey.htm
WebQuest: The Odyssey
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/madams/webquest.htm
OdysseusNostos http://geocities.com/organisedchaosau/OdysseusNostos.html
The Classics Pages: The Odyssey
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
Lesson Plans Library: The Odyssey. Discovery Education. Summer Productions,
Inc. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/odyssey/
SONGS
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“The Last Temptation of Odysseus” by Justin Wells
“Calypso” by Suzanne Vega
BIOGRAPHIES
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“The Greek Poet Homer.” Mythography, June 2, 2008.
http://www.loggia.com/myth/homer.html
“Homer.” Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/homer
FOLKLORE & LEGENDS
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The Monomyth http://www.wiu.edu/users/mudjs1/monomyth.htm
The Hero Pattern (from The Hero: A study in Tradition, Myth and Dreams by Lord
Raglan)
http://department.monm.edu/classics/courses/Clas230/MythDocuments/HeroPatt
ern/default.htm
Goddesses, Heroes, and Shamans: The Young People’s Guide to World
Mythology. Scholastic, Inc., 1994.
HISTORIES
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In Search of Troy: One Man's Quest for Homer's Fabled City written and
illustrated by Giovanni Caselli
MISCELLANEOUS
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www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
The Ulysses Voyage: Sea Search for the Odyssey by Tim Severin
ESSAYS / ARTICLES
SHORT STORIES