Author: Homer
Classical texts
Published on 30 January 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 416 pages
129 x 196 x 25 | 304g
NOW A MAJOR FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'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' GuardianThe 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. RIEURevised translation by D. C. H. RIEUWith an Introduction by PETER JONES