I'm preparing by own book list post for the year, but in the meantime, here is a slideshow of some terrific cover designs. My own favorite is the one shown here - and yes, as the Times caption-writer wrote, I do wish I'd thought of it myself!
In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
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