The Odyssey Retold in Collections

Then, clapping her hands, she summoned the chief butler.
"Bring hither," said she, "the goblet that is set apart for kings to
drink out of. And fill it with the same delicious wine which my
royal brother, King Æetes, praised so highly, when he last visited
me with my fair daughter Medea. That good and amiable child!
Were she now here, it would delight her to see me offering this
wine to my honoured guest."
Nathaniel Hawthorne

It will come as no surprise that the most popular part of the Odysseyis that part of the
hero's journey that Joseph Campbell would call the "road of trials," those marvelous
encounters with witches and monsters narrated by Odysseus himself in Books 9-12. Note
that we have very little corroborating evidence to support the version of these events told
by a man with a reputation for guile.

Alexander, Beatrice. Famous Myths of the Golden Age. Illus. Florian [pseud.]. New York:
Random House, 1947. 62p. "The Wandering of Ulysses," 52-62.

Aliki. The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus. Illus. the author. USA: HarperCollins, 1994.
48p.

Anderson, Mary Gooch. Stories of the Golden Age. Everychild's Series. New York:
Macmillan, 1914. 231p. "Stories of the Trojan War," 217-31.

Benson, Sally. Stories of the Gods and Heroes. 1940. Illus. Steele Savage. New York: Dial,
1975. [18thprinting.] 256p. "The Trojan War," "The Voyage of Ulysses," "Circe, the
Enchantress," "The Perils of Ulysses," " The End of Ulysses' Voyage," 217-56.

Blaisdell, Bob. Favorite Greek Myths. Illus. John Green. 87p. New York: Dover, 1995. "The
Odyssey," 68-87.

Bulfinch, Thomas. The Age of Fable, or Beauties of Mythology. 1855. Rev. J. Loughran Scott.
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1898. 502p. "Chapter XXIX - XXX," 294-318.

Burn, Lucilla.Greek M yths. Austin: U of Texas P, 1990. 80p. [Published in cooperation
with British Museum Publications.]

d'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Book of Greek Myth.Illus. the authors. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. 189p. "The Apple of Love and the Apple of Discord," 178-
85.

Deary, Terry. Top Ten Greek Legends. Illus. Michael Tickner. New York: Scholastic, 1999.
192p. "Legend 2: The Odyssey: The Monster Muncher," 150-57.

Dolch, Edward W., Marguerite P. Dolch, and Beulah F. Jackson. Greek Stories for Pleasure
Reading. Illus. Marguerite Dolch and Robert S. Kerr. Champaign, IL: Garrard, 1955.
164p. "The Apple of Discord," 145-51, "Ulysses and the Cyclops," 153-61.

Elgin, Kathleen. The First Book of Mythology: Greek-Roman. New York: Franklin Watts,
1955. 62p.

Evans, Cheryl, and Anne Millard. Usborne Illustrated Guide to Greek Myths and Legends.
Illus. Rodney Matthews. London: Usborne, 1985. 112p.

Forbush, William Byron. Myths and Legends of Greece and Rome. Illus. Frederick
Richardson. Chicago: John C. Winston, 1928. 330p. "Ulysses: The Long Journey of a
Brave Hero," [I. Adventures with the Cyclops, II. Circe, III. The Sirens, IV. Calypso,
V. How Ulysses Met with Nausicaa, VI. Ulysses Comes Home], 296-330.

Francillon, Robert Edward. Gods and Heroes, or The Kingdom of Jupiter. Illus. Sears
Gallagher. 1894. Boston: Ginn, 1915. 361p. "The Apple of Discord," 344-56.

Freeman, Frank N., ed. Child-Story Readers: Literary Selections, Eighth Year. Chicago:
Lyons and Carnahan, 1929. "The Story of Ulysses: Land of the Lotos-Eaters," 299-
303, ""The Lotos-Eaters" by Tennyson, "304-5, "Polyphemus, the Cyclops," 306-11,
"Ulysses at Home," 311-15, "Ulysses" by Tennyson, 315-17.

Gibson, Michael. Gods, Men & Monsters from the Greek Myths. 1977. Illus. Giovanni
Caselli. New York: Peter Bedrick, 1991. 152p. "The Fall of Troy," "The Wanderings
of Odysseus," 144-52.

Green, Roger Lancelyn. Heroes of Greece and Troy. Illus. Heather Copley and Christopher
Chamberlain. 1958 [2 vols.] New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1961. [341p.]

Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Illus. Steele Savage. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. 465p. "The
Adventures of Odysseus," 291-318. [In its twenty-eighth printing sometime after her
death at age 95 in 1963.]

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder-book and Tanglewood Tales. 1852, 1853. Philadelphia:
David McKay, n.d. 356p. Tanglewood Tales:"Circe's Palace," 258-87.

Horowitz, Anthony. Myths and Mythology. New York: Little Simon [Simon and
Schuster], 1985. 255p. "The Judgment of Paris," 13-18.

Hyde, Lilian Stoughton. Favorite Greek Myths. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1904. 234p. "The Bag
of Winds," 196-98; "Circe," 199-209.

Low, Alice. The Macmillan Book of Greek Gods and Heroes. Illus. Arvis Stewart. New York:
Macmillan, 1985. 184p.

Mabie, H. W. Mabie. Myths Every Child Should Know: A Selection of the Classic Myths of
All Times for Young People.1905. Illus. Blanche Ostertag. Garden City: Doubleday,
Page, 1913. 352p. "The Cyclops (Church's 'Stories from Homer')," 216-26.

Macrone, Michael. By Jove! Brush Up Your Mythology. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
238p. "A Cyclops," 150-52.

McCaughrean, Geraldine. Greek Myths. Illus. Emma Chichester Clark. New York: Margaret
K. McElderry, 1992. 96p. "Odysseus," 84-94.

Moncrieff, A. R. Hope. A Treasury of Classical Mythology. New York: Barnes & Noble,
1992. 160p. "The Adventures of Odysseys," 137-50.

Oldfield, Pamela.Tales from Ancient Greece. Illus. Nick Harr is. New York: Doubleday,
1988.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Favorite Greek Myths. Illus. Troy Howell. New York: Scholastic, 1989.
82p.

Palmer, Robin. Centaurs, Sirens, and Other Classical Creatures: A Dictionary, Tales &
Verse from Greek & Roman Mythology.Illus. Don Bolognese. New York: H. Z.
Walck, 1969. 92p.

Peabody, Josephine Preston. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1897. 123p. "The Adventures of Odysseus," 94-112.

Philip, Neil. The Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales and Legends of the World. Illus. Nilesh
Mistry. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 192p.

Pinsent, John.Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece. Illus. Jan Parker. New York: Grosset,
1970. 159p.

Potter, Robert R., and H. Alan Robinson. Myths and Folktales around the World. New York:
Globe Book, 1963. 370p. "Ulysses and Circe," 77-87, "Ulysses and the Sirens," 87-89,
"Ulysses and the Cyclops," 91-101, Ulysses Returns Home, 101-3.

Price, Margaret Evans. A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales. 1924, 1926. Illus.
the author. N.p.: Children's Press Choice/Rand McNally, 1986. 157p. "Circe and
Ulysses," 132-38.

Rockwell, Anne. The One-eyed Giant and Other Monsters from the Greek Myths. New York:
Greenwillow, 1996. 32p. "The Cyclopes," 10-13.

---. The Robber Baby: Stories from the Greek Myths. New York: Greenwillow, 1994. 80p.

Russell, William F. Classic Myths to Read Aloud. New York: Crown, 1989. 264p. "The Story
of Helen of Troy," 151-95, "The Return of Ulysses," 196-231.

Sabin, Frances E. Classical Myths That Live Today. New York: Silver Burdett, 1927, 1940.
348 + lxii. "The Adventures of Ulysses," 307-330.

Shahan, Thomas J., ed. A Book of Famous Myths and Legends. 1938. Chicago: Auxiliary
Educational League, 1947. 313p. "The Odyssey" [adapted from Alfred J. Church],
174-267.

Tatlock, Jesse M. Greek and Roman Mythology. New York: Century, 1917. 372p. "Chapter
XVIII: The Wanderings of Odysseus," 305-25.

Vinge, Joan D. The Random House Book of Greek Myths. Illus. Oren Sherman. New York:
Random House, 1999. 152p.

White, Anne Terry. The Golden Treasury of Myth and Legends. Illus. Alice Provensen and
Martin Provensen. New York: Golden, 1959. 164p.

White, C. A. The Student's Mythology, A Compendium. 1870. New York: A. C. Armstrong &
Son, 1895. 315p."Chapter XXXV [Ulysses]," 156-63.

Woff, Richard. Bright-eyed Athena: Stories from Ancient Greece. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty
Museum, 1999. 48p.