Description: This sixth entry in O'Connor's growing series, after Poseidon (2013), is just as inviting as its predecessors. Wide panels filled with seductive colours depict Aphrodite's birth from the sea, her marriage to Hephaistos, and, most importantly, the jealousy and passion she engenders among the other Olympians. The author cleverly begins the story far before Aphrodite's birth, emphasising the generative power of love since the beginning of creation. When the goddess appears, she's merely an embodiment of longstanding force of natureâÂÂa gorgeous one, to be sure, but she's also wry, witty, and deeply aware of her power. Most of the time here is spent telling the story of dopey, wide-eyed Paris, who is forced to choose one of three powerful goddesses to receive the apple of discord, precipitating the Trojan War. Compellingly, O'Connor doesn't merely present the conflict as a beauty contest as it is often cast, but rather as a subtle, tricky power play orchestrated by Zeus all along. As usual, lots of source information and further reading make this classroom friendly. Grades 6-9. --Sarah Hunter --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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EAN: 9781596437395
UPC: 9781596437395
ISBN: 9781596437395
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Format: Paperback, 80 pages
Author: O'Connor, George
Book Title: Aphrodite: Goddess of Love (Olympians (Paperback))
Item Height: 0.5 cm
Item Length: 25.5 cm
Item Weight: 0.3 kg
Item Width: 19.1 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
