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Achilles Author: Born of god and king and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks’ greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters -- among them Hector, Helen, Penthiselaia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the... more »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a well enough written book but I'm not a big fan of poetry so it was a bit wasted on me. I also don't think it would appeal to a very wide audience as it isn't very detailed so one would have to know a good bit about the mythology to understand a lot of it. It gets a 2 out of 5 mostly because of it's length and lack of depth.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> Mythology >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> Mythology >> Greek & Roman