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Informationen zum Autor Helaine L. Smith has taught English in grades six through twelve for over thirty-five years at Hunter College High School and The Brearley School. She is the author of Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama, journal articles for CANE and CAMWS, and pieces about teaching The Odyssey for Literary Matters. She was a reader of AP English exams for The College Board and is currently completing a book adapting Aristophanes' comedies for middle school performance. Klappentext Dramatic and accessible selections from The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns make this an ideal text for mythology, literature, and composition study at all levels. With full introduction, background material, analytical and creative writing suggestions, sample essays, glossaries, and complete indexes, this book is a teaching jewel. Zusammenfassung Dramatic and accessible selections from The Iliad! The Odyssey! and the Homeric Hymns make this an ideal text for mythology! literature! and composition study at all levels. With full introduction! background material! analytical and creative writing suggestions! sample essays! glossaries! and complete indexes! this book is a teaching jewel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Gods in The IliadChapter 1: Hera's Seduction of ZeusChapter 2: Aphrodite, Athene, and Ares on the BattlefieldChapter 3: Hephaistos at Feast and ForgeChapter 4: Apollo at the RampartsChapter 5: Athene and PeithoChapter 6: Destiny and the Limits of Zeus' PowerChapter 7: Hermes EriouniosPart II: The Gods in The OdysseyChapter 8: Poseidon's AngerChapter 9: Athene's HumorChapter 10: Calypso and Hephaistos, Unlucky in LoveChapter 11: The House of HadesPart III: The Gods in The Homeric HymnsChapter 12: Aphrodite and AnchisesChapter 13: Demeter, Persephone, and HadesChapter 14: DionysosChapter 15: The Birth of Aphrodite, Athene, and Apollo GlossaryIndexIndex of citations
