Homer begins his story in the middle of things, so Baldwin tells young readers what came first. Following the boy Odysseus from his home in Ithaca across the Greek world, he weaves in the old tales of heroes, from the labours of Heracles to the wooing of Helen, ending where the Trojan War begins. Howard Pyle supplied the illustrations.
A fine way into Greek myth for children who are not yet ready for the Iliad and Odyssey. Download the free EPUB.