MY LITTLE MYTHS ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS

After winning the Trojan War, Odysseus and his companions set sail to reunite with their families. Disaster, a storm diverts the ship from its direction! Ulysses lands with twelve comrades on an island and finds a cave filled with cheese, where they decide to rest. This cave is actually the home of the shepherd Polyphemus, a Cyclops. And like all the Cyclopes, Polyphemus is a giant who has the particularity of having only one eye... and of eating humans! So, Ulysses comes up with a plan to escape him... Essential mythological references This book introduces young children to the mythological creature Cyclops and the hero Ulysses, the most cunning of Greek heroes! In this myth, two famous tricks are explained: how Odysseus tricks Polyphemus by telling him that his first name is "Nobody", and how he escapes by slipping under his sheep. A narrative documentary Thanks to narration, the child learns vocabulary “casually”. What is a Cyclops? A wineskin? The information also includes general knowledge related to the myth, explaining two of Ulysses' most famous tricks...in addition to the story of Ulysses and Polyphemus, one of the most famous myths. Each complicated term is explained in context or in the body of the text. With a family tree of the hero at the beginning of the book to help you find your place in the story!