Johnson, Marie, Ph. D., Ed. Ancient Greek Dress. Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., 1964. Filled with illustrations and photos, and includes a chapter about Homeric styles.
Bowra, C. M. Homer: Classical Life and Letters. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,1972. Describes the life and times of Homer. Hypothesizes about the origins of the elements of The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Colum, Padraic. The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1946. Tells of Odysseus's adventures in both The Iliad and The Odyssey. Begins with a succinct description of Odysseus's attempt to avoid going to war at Troy.
Danforth, Loring M. The Death Rituals of Rural Greece. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. Looks at modern and ancient Greek beliefs and rituals of death.
Finley, M. I. The Ancient Greeks. London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. A complete look at ancient Greek culture.
Godolphin, F. R. B., Ed. Great Classical Myths. New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Gives the story of many characters in Greek mythology, including all important characters in both The Iliad and The Odyssey. For each character, a brief synopsis is followed by excerpts from various translations of the stories.
Houston, Mary G. Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Costume & Decoration. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1947. Filled with illustrations, including hairstyles and accessories.
Lessing, Erich. The Voyages of Ulysses. West Germany: Herder, 1965. A photographic interpretation of The Odyssey with a pictorial and literary index.
Michalopoulous, Andre. Homer. New York: Twayne Publisher, Inc., 1966. Provides good background information for the teacher of The Odyssey, including a look at the women of Homer's epics.
Obregion, Mauricio. Ulysses Airborne. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. An investigative look at the settings of The Odyssey through aerial photos.
ABOUT THE GUIDE AUTHORVictoria Allen is an English teacher at Warner Robins High School in Warner Robins, Georgia. She received her A.B. in English from Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia, and her M.Ed. in English Education from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. ABOUT THE GUIDE EDITORS
W. Geiger (Guy) Ellis, Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, Department of Language Education, received his AB and M.Ed. degrees from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and his Ed.D. from the University of Virginia. For over 15 years, Guy has been active in teaching adolescent literature in the classroom and in training future teachers in its use, lecturing and writing extensively on the subject. He developed and edited The ALAN Review from 1978 to 1984, changing its focus from a newsletter to a fully referred journal with an emphasis on articles with research and instructional significance. His research has had heavy emphasis on the content of literature instruction.
Currently Professor and Chairperson of Education at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Arthea (Charlie) J. S. Reed has taught for 20 years on both the high school and college level. She received her AB (Bethany College) and her M.S. (Southern Connecticut State University) in English and her Ph.D. (Florida State University) in Teacher Education. In addition to teaching, Charlie was The ALAN Review (NCTE) editor from 1984 to 1990 and served as Co-Director of the Mountain Area W riting Project (a part of the National Writing Project) from 1982 to 1988. She is also the author of Reaching Adolescents: Young Adult Books and the Schools (Holt, 1985), Comics to Classics: A Guide to Books for Teens and Preteens (Penguin, 1994), and Point-Counterpoint: An Introduction to Education (Dushkin, 1991).
