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Describes the land, history, and civilization of ancient Greece.

"While on vacation in Greece, the Thea sisters make friends with a company of actors. They are rehearsing for a show that's about to open--and Colette ends up standing in for an actress who falls ill! Suddenly, right before the performance, the lead actor goes missing. Can the mouselets find him in time for the show to go on?"--Back cover.

Follow Odysseus as he hides in the Trojan horse and retakes Troy, fights the Cyclops, or fights enslavement by the sorceress Circe. In MYTHOLOGY OF THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY, author Karen Bornemann Spies details the heroic adventures in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and includes informative interpretation and expert commentary.

Examines the military history of the Greek world from the Greco-Persian Wars through the conquests of Alexander the Great, discussing how warfare tactics and politics influenced Greek culture and still influence the western world and its Greco-Roman culture.

Presents nine biographies from ancient Greece by Plutarch.

Presents Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in which two sets of twins, separated at birth, eventually meet their doubles in Ephesus, creating a series of incidents, quarrels, arrests, and courtroom drama; abridged to be performed in thirty minutes while maintaining the original language, with stage directions and character suggestions.

"Mikis is thrilled when his grandfather buys a new donkey, but soon begins to worry that he is overworking the animal"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and text provide information about the land, history, beliefs, achievements, and daily lives of the people of ancient Greece.