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[quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of modern retellings of the Odyssey that are really engaging. I was a medieval English major, not Greek literature, but I love the Odyssey and have been reading it to my kids since they were 5. We read any story we can for kids about roman or greek gods. I think the way The Odyssey is presented in schools is very dry. Odysseus telling the cyclops his name is Nobody is awesome. Have her read "A Thousand Ships" by Natalie Haynes- it's a female recounting of what happens after the Trojan war ends. It was so good! I also want to say that it's not just girls who try their parents. My son gloms onto anything my DH likes and he disparages it. DH was the cub scout leader for years and then my son refused to go just because DH liked it. So DH had to be the cub scout leader for other people's sons since his own wouldn't show up.[/quote]
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