The Odyssey (Prospero Classics Library)

Type

Book

Authors

Homer; ( Samuel Butler; )

ISBN 10

1552670945

ISBN 13

9781552670941

Tags

Classics, Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Homer, Greek poetry, Epic poetry, Greek, Heroes, Classical, Mythology, Achilles (Mythological character)

Abstract

Ten years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and yet Odysseus, hero of the war and king of Ithaca, has yet to return home. To the kind Phaeacians, upon whose island Odysseus has been shipwrecked, he recounts his wanderings, the torments and trials of the decade past.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Poetry
Named Person: Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Homer.; Samuel Butler
ISBN: 1566193249 9781566193245 156619315X 9781566193153
OCLC Number: 30493846
Description: xx, 306 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Homer ; trans. by Samuel Butler.

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