Images of Hope: The Gods in Greek Books for Young Children
In this chapter, I discuss the text and illustrations in books of classical myth for children aged four and above. I place two books about the Olympians and Dionysos in the context of Modern Greece and examine the degree of Greekness in the illustrations by comparing them to ancient works of art, fo...
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