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The Odyssey

Homer
Barcode 9780140449112
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Release Date: 30/01/2003

Genre: Poetry & Drama
Sub-Genre: Language & Reference
Translator: E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu
Label: Penguin Classics
Contributors: E. V. Rieu (Translated by), D. C. H. Rieu (Translated by), Peter Jones (Introduction by)
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

A tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan war forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - from the witch Circe who turns his men into pigs, to the twin terrors of Scylla and Charybdis.

'The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' Guardian

The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his bravery and cunning to reach his homeland and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him. E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey was the very first Penguin Classic to be published, and has itself achieved classic status.

Translated by E. V. RIEU
Revised translation by D. C. H. RIEU
With an Introduction by PETER JONES