The if Odyssey : a philosophical journey through Greek myth and storytelling for 8-16 year-olds

The if Odyssey : a philosophical journey through Greek myth and storytelling for 8-16 year-olds /

The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value of happiness, non-existent entities, mora...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Worley, Peter
Other Authors: Levi, Tamar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012
Subjects:
Homer.
Storytelling in education.
Mythology, Greek > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Mythology, Greek > Study and teaching (Secondary)
Philosophy > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Philosophy > Study and teaching (Secondary)
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The war (the Wooden Horse)
  • The battle (the Ciconians)
  • Happiness and forgetting (the lotus eaters)
  • Nobody's home (the Cyclops)
  • Captain or crew? (Aeolus and the bag of winds)
  • Dinner guests (the Laestrygonians)
  • Choices (Circe and the pig men)
  • Under the world (Tiresias and the underworld)
  • The singing women (the sirens)
  • The horror of the rocks (Scylla and Charybdis)
  • Clouded (the cattle of Helios)
  • The concealer (the island of Kalypso)
  • The storyteller (the Phaeacians)
  • The stranger (the return home).

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