The first Olympic games: a gruesome Greek myth with a happy ending by Jean Richards
Millbrook Press | October 1, 2000 | English | ISBN: 0761313117 | 40 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
"Once upon a time, long ago in ancient Greece, there lived a man who was not very nice." So begins this colorful account of how Pelops was chopped up for stew by his father Tantalus, restored to life by the infuriated gods and, thanks to a little sabotage, went on to win both Princess Hippodamia and the kingdom of Elis in a horse race - in memory of which he (supposedly) organized the Olympic Games.