Achilles Ferse oder Der Kampf um Troja. Die Ilias neu erzählt.

by Bernard Evslin

The adventures of Achilles in the Trojan War and of Ulysses during his long journey back to Ithaca and retold for the modern reader

Genres: Mythology, Historical Fiction, Classics

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1976

About the author

Bernard Evslin was an author best known for his adaptations of Greek mythology. With over seventy titles, which include both novel-length retellings and short stories, Evslin is one of the most widely published authors of classical mythology in the world. His best-known work is Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and has been translated into ten different languages. An estimated 30 million students have come into contact with Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths due to its repeated use in high school and college classrooms over the years. This bestselling anthology includes such well-known stories as "Theseus and the Minotaur" and "Perseus and Medusa." He also published non-Hellenic titles such as The Green Hero, based on the Irish mythological character Finn McCool. He also was involved in an audio book called: "Children of the Corn." It included "Whistling Boy" a Native American tale; "Pancho's Puppets," a story about a boy in Mexico, and other stories.

Reviews

[Awet Moges · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both of the greatest epics in our history has been made accessible to the modern audience. What Evslin sacrifices in the original (verse, allusions, connotations, data) is easily made up with a powerful narrative that never lets up until Odysseus finally reunites with Penelope after 20 years of war and misadventures. I first read this as a wee boy, and I was shocked and thrilled at the barbaric nature of the story, and delighted with the vicious and remorseless gods and goddesses. I recently reread it, 20 years afterwards, and the memory matched the powerful impressions properly.

[Lee]

I loved this book as a kid. I still do. It remains, for me, the standard by which all future retellings of the Iliad must be judged.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written--definitely not boring--but definitely R rated! I found myself skipping large sections as I read it aloud to a 10 year old before I abandoned the project. The gods and goddesses seem to be in heat for each other every few pages . . .

[Seetha · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite "modern style" retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

[Elle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvellous prose version of the Epic tales, easier to read, but no less entertaining and interesting.

[David Reynoso · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was wierd and I didn't like it because the heroes name was Odysseus not Ulysses and it was just a rip off of the original one created by homer.