Retells the Ithacan leader's struggle to return home from Troy in a chronological prose narrative that keeps the rhythms and power of his conflicts with the gods and mythological creatures of the epic poem.
Retells Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne.
A retelling of the Greek myth, in which Perseus, unaware of the many dangers he will face, sets out to save his mother from a forced marriage by capturing the head of Medusa, a creature that with one look could turn him to stone.
Theseus sets out to find his father, a mighty king, battling foes and monsters along the way, until things get dangerous when he angers the sea god Poseidon.
Odysseus begins his long journey home after years of fighting during the Trojan War, but he and his men encounter monsters and ghastly creatures, are imprisoned, and face raging seas that threaten their safe return.