Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Graphic Novel- The Trojan Horse -The Fall of Troy by Justine and Ron Fontes illustrated by Gordon Purcell*

Mr. and Mrs. Fontes base this graphic novel on, Homer's Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid and Quintus of Smyrna's The War at Troy (A.D. 375). 
They fuse these three sources well, creating a more concise, understandable story for younger readers.
My eight year old and I read this together to further our study of the Ancient Greeks.  We both enjoyed it!
Paris runs away with Helen, the wife of Menelaus, causing the Greek kings to fight against Troy.  After ten years of war, Odysseus' comes up with a clever plan to decimate the Trojans.

*Highly recommend (especially for reluctant, older readers).
-Borrowed from the library.

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