**In this perceptive retelling of _The Iliad_ , a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation.** Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells the
The Siege of Troy
- Book ID
- 123770831
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Year
- 1902
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2151-7576
- DOI
- 10.2307/40405031
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