Olivia E. Coolidge



Olivia E. Coolidge

Olivia Ensor Coolidge was born in 1908 in London, England. When she was 18 she went to summer ville college at Oxford university where she got a BA (bachelorette of Arts) and a MA (Master of Arts) Olivia was a teacher in the USA and the UK. She published her first book in 1949 called Greek myths. Olivia was famous for her biographies and historical fictions. In 1962 she wrote a book called Men of Athens. The book has won a Newbery honor award the book is also in the Horn book honor list and she is in the ALA (American library association)

Trojan war

Trojan war
Trojan war picture

Homer

Homer

Homer is a ancient fatass Greek poet. Who wrote the lliad and the Odyssey. Scholars believes Homer lived near the eastern shore of the Aegean sea on the island of Khios. People don't think he exists. Tradition says Homer was blind. The stories The lliiad and the Odyssey were supposes to be based on the Trojan war around 1200 B.C

Homer the poet

Homer the poet
Homer

Thursday, October 6, 2011

chracter catologue

Zeus - "ruler of gods and men"
"no longer desired the goddess...
[because his] own rule must be ended if a god became greater than he"(p.4).


Thetis -"Although the angry nymph changed to fire, water, wind, sea gull, tiger, lion, serpent and finally cuttlefish to escape him"(p.4)...


Peuleus "King of the Myrmidons"(p.4)
"Peleus would not let go until she promised to be his bride"(p.4).

Hera "queen of gods"
"Then stepped forth the stately Hera"(p.8).

Athene "Gray eyed Athene stood before him in her simple dress"(p.8).

Aphrodite "last of the all came smiling Aphrodite, around whose white feet grew heavy-scented Narcissi and golden daffodils"(p.10).

Priam "have i not other children and did not you soothsayers prophecy that i should have in all no less than 50 sons?'(p.7).

Hecuba "Queen of Sparta" most beautiful women on earth(from notes)

Menelaus "King of Sparta"

Paris "His bright helmet was pushed back, and yellow hair clustered from beneath it round a brown face, ruddy with health"(p.13)

Discord "Discord appeared in a flash and stood scowling at the board, She threw something on table and vanished without a word to the astonished gods".(p.4)

Odysseus"Odysseus was the wisest man in Greece and the most winning talker".(p.17)

Achilles"Achilles it was said, could outrace the deer and catch a flying dart he had flung".(p.22)

Chiron"half horse, half man,who had been tutor to many heroes".(p.22)

 Iphengnia" Iphengnia thought that she was going to be married to Achilles".(p.30

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