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Whom The Gods Would Destroy

Richard Powell

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 204 pages

Rating: 4.53 | 138 Users | 14 Reviews

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Original Title:	Whom the Gods Would Destroy
ISBN:	0340147245 (ISBN13: 9780340147245)
Edition Language:	English

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When I was 17 I can remember being home sick from school with the chickpox. My mom went to the local drug store to pick up a prescription for me so I asked her to find me a book to read. She came back and handed me Whom the Gods. "It has Greeks on the cover, so I figured you'd like it." She was right. Whom the Gods became my favorite book of all time in high school, and I still think it's great read. After finishing it I was so taken by the author Richard Powell's style that I began collecting all of his works. Most were out of print, but I haunted the local used bookstores until I found them. Probably his most famous work was The Philadelphian. It was turned into a movie called The Young Philadelphians starring Paul Newman. Like most movie versions, the book was 10x better. Always wished someone would pick up the rights to Whom the Gods and turn it into the movie. Would have been a much better story than the recent Brad Pitt movie Troy. Powell was a journalist and I believe a creative writing teacher. Whom the Gods was his last work, and undoubtedly his best. Anyone who enjoys ancient history, particularly the Trojan War epic cycle should check it out. Powell brings characters like Achilles, Helen, Odysseus and Hector to life in such a way as a 17 year old I remember being quite sad when I finally finished the book. I wanted it to go on forever.

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Title	:	Whom The Gods Would Destroy
Author	:	Richard Powell
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 204 pages
Published	:	Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome 238 books — 250 voters About the Trojan War 211 books — 198 voters
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Fantasy

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This novel was published in 1970, and I remember getting it out of the library at around that time. I remembered it as a different, irreverent take on the heroes of the Trojan War -- a scene that always stuck in my mind was one where Odysseus tells the heavily-armoured Achilles to "take that goddam bucket off your head!". Of course it is long out of print and sufficiently obscure not to appear in second-hand bookshops. But thanks to the Internet I was able to buy it from a bookseller in the US,

Interesting take on the Trojan War. Humanized mythic figures such as Odysseus and Achilles. Loved Powell's description of the Trojan Horse - makes so much more sense than what we learned in school. If you liked this book, read The Amber Princess by Henry Treece, which is the sad story of Agamemnon' s homecoming told by his daughter Electra.

La eterna leyenda de Troya, nada que me seduzca mas. Hoy narrada por Helios, un esclavo en la cocina real troyana que alega ser bastardo de Priamo y comienza su recorrido como protegido de Héctor, compañero del monstruoso Neoptolemo, casi hijo de Odiseo y amigo de Eneas. Habrá algo más envidiable? En un estilo fluido, sin pretensiones y algo cínico este libro se volvió uno de mis favoritos.

Richard P. Powell, a graduate of Princeton University, was a journalist and worked in advertising before becoming a full time writer. Two of his books, 'the Philadelphian' and 'Pioneer, Go Home!' were best-sellers in the '50s and were both adapted into movies.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

A coming of age story, meant to actually teach us something about humanity and its mistakes. Apart from that, the setting is as vivid today as it was when we read this in 9th grade. No book has made more real to me what it was like to live in antiquity. The everyday dangers, the religious background, the social parameters. Every time I reread this book I like it more.

I have really happy memories of reading this Trojan war yarn when I was a teen (see my blog post on the ten books that influenced me) and I enjoyed re-reading it very much. It's one of those books that even though I know the ending, I still kept hoping it could be averted! Some of the writing is a little clunky and over-wrought, but all in all it stands up very well forty years on.

Troy Story As someone who loves Greek mythology and Mediterranean history I loved this story. The Iliad is among my favorite works of literature, and this book does it a great honor. Using relatable and sympathetic characters Powell provides insight into the Bronze Age world and faithfully tells the story of the Trojan war. My one complaint is the depiction of Diomedes, which is a fairly minor grievance. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mythology, history, or good coming of age