The Odyssey

By Homer 8th Century B. C.

The Odyssey is an epic poem that chronicles the adventures of Odysseus, also known as Ulysses, on his journey back to his homeland, Ithaca, from the moment the Trojan War ends, narrated in the Iliad, until the moment when He finally returns home, many years later. The authorship of this work, written in ancient Greek, is attributed to Homer, a poet who lived in the region of Ionia, present-day Turkey, during the eighth century B. C. As we know, the Odyssey, as well as the Iliad, were part of the ancient oral tradition, and were sung from town to town by the rapsodas, until in the 6th century B. C., Pis?strado, governor of Athens, decided to compile the Homeric poems, at which point they are fixed in the written word. The oldest known version of the Odyssey is that of Aristarchus of Samothrace, dating from the second century B. C.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1687622450
• ISBN13: 9781687622457
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Translator: Unknown (likely Butler or Lang; POD text)

“I long to be homeward bound,” Simon and Garfunkel The Trojan War is over, and one of our hero kings is lost. His son (Telemachus) travels to find any information about his father’s fate. His wife (Penelope) must cunningly hold off suitors who are eating them out of house and home. If he ever makes it home, Odysseus will have to detect those servants loyal from those who are not. One absent king against rows of suitors; how will he give them their just desserts? We look to Bright-Eyed Pallas Athena to help prophecy come true. Interestingly, all the tales of monsters and gods on the sea voyage were told by Odysseus. Notice that no one else survives to tell the tale. Therefore, we have to rely on Odysseus’s word. Many movies took sections of The Odyssey and expanded them into interesting stories in their own right. Not just the story but also how it is told will keep you up late at night reading. It is a tear-jerker when Odysseus returns, 20 years later, and the only one to recognize him is Argos, his faithful dog, who lived long enough to see him. Upon seeing his master return home, Argos dies. You will, of course, want to buy the various translations to see the differences in reading style and content.