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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788476403321

Autore

Worley Peter

Titolo

The if Odyssey : a philosophical journey through Greek myth and storytelling for 8-16 year-olds / / Peter Worley ; illustrated by Tamar Levi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2012

ISBN

1-4411-0776-2

1-4411-2321-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

362.293097471

Soggetti

Storytelling in education

Mythology, Greek - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Mythology, Greek - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Philosophy - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Philosophy - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The war (the Wooden Horse) -- The battle (the Ciconians) -- Happiness and forgetting (the lotus eaters) -- Nobody's home (the Cyclops) -- Captain or crew? (Aeolus and the bag of winds) -- Dinner guests (the Laestrygonians) -- Choices (Circe and the pig men) -- Under the world (Tiresias and the underworld) -- The singing women (the sirens) -- The horror of the rocks (Scylla and Charybdis) -- Clouded (the cattle of Helios) -- The concealer (the island of Kalypso) -- The storyteller (the Phaeacians) -- The stranger (the return home).

Sommario/riassunto

The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value of happiness, non-existent entities, moral dilemmas, the philosophy of prophecy, and the nature of love among many other philosophical issues. From the author of The If Machine, this book offers stories and session plans suitable for use across the curriculum with children aged 8-16. Online you'll



find maps of Odysseus' journey, The Words of Ti