TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cross,Gillian
AU  - Packer,Neil
AU  - Homer.
TI  - The Iliad
SN  - 0763678325
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Achilles
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Battles
KW  - Deception
KW  - Gods
KW  - Troy (Extinct city)
KW  - History
N1  - The golden apple -- The quarrel -- Inside the walls of Troy -- Single combat -- Paris makes an offer and the Greeks make a wall -- Greeks on the run -- Pleading with Achilles -- Spies -- Disaster for the Greeks -- The gods interfere -- Patroclus in disguise -- Patroclus meets his fate -- The wonderful armor -- Achilles goes into battle -- The gods join in -- Fighting the river -- Hector's last stand -- Honor and dishonor -- Epilogue
N2  - "Gillian Cross's fine retelling of Homer's epic story captures all the heroism and savagery of war and shows why the 'Iliad' has been called the first tragedy and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization"--Front jacket flap
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