Ilios & Odysseus
Author: Imme Dros
Illustrator: Harrie Geelen
Original language: Dutch
Translated into English: not
Published: July 2012
Publisher: Querido
ISBN13: 89045112602
Price: € 10.99 (ebook)
Age: 14 years old and up
The stories about the many wanderings of Odysseus are among the best known from Greek mythology. In Ilios & Odysseus, Imme Dros retells these old, well-known stories for young people, in a modern and masterful way. The sober, graphic black and white illustrations in the book were made by her husband, Harrie Geelen.
Ilios is about the siege of the city of Troy. When the beautiful Helen, Queen of Sparta, is kidnapped by a Trojan Prince, the Greeks want to get her back. That was not easy, the siege of the city would last for 10 years. But through a brilliant trick devised by Odysseus, they eventually succeed. It will take another 10 years before Odysseus finally returns home, because he experiences many adventures on the return journey.
3+ bright shining stars for Ilios & Odysseus, from our young monsters and the readers!