A Story of the Golden Age (Heroes of the Olden Time)

xii, 286 pp. Maroon boards, gilt titles and decor. Frontispiece and plates by Howard Pyle; fold-out map of Greece follows text. Paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the legends about the causes of the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of the Iliad begins. The youthful Odysseus is the hero, as he journeys to visit his grandfather Autolycus, then Nestor and Menelaus, hearing the old stories as he goes.