The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum

After watching the movie Troy, I realized I had forgotten a lot of the story of the Illiad and the Oddysey. Colum does a nice job of retelling these stories in today’s language, so I could be reminded of all that happened. Now I want to see the movie again to see how closely it followed those original stories. I also plan on listening to a version of Homer’s Illiad. (I tried and couldn’t get through it.) If I understand correctly, there are various versions of the tales, as they were in the repertoire of numerous bards. I’m still trying to understand when and how they were written down.