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The Odyssey
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Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him. Claiming that Odysseus is dead, a host of suitors have taken up residence in his...
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Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him.
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Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him.
Claiming that Odysseus is dead, a host of suitors have taken up residence in his home, eating up his wealth and trying to persuade Penelope to marry one of them. Penelope steadfastly refuses.
Odysseus, in fact, is alive. He has spent seven years as a captive of the nymph Calypso. The gods finally take pity on him and persuade her to set him free. When he resumes his journey home, the sea god Poseidon sends a great storm to destroy his raft.
Exhausted and near death, Odysseus and his men wash up on an island shore. They are delayed by Polyphemus the Cyclops, the Lotus-eaters, the Sirens, the sorceress Circe, and other strange creatures.
The Odyssey by Homer is a timeless epic that delves into themes of adventure, loyalty, and endurance.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781454957522
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 December 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Union Square & Co.
Contributors:
- Translated by Samuel Butler
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 204.0mm
Height: 134.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Homer was an ancient Greek author and poet who was reputed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of Greek literature.
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