num_pages: 396
description: The Odyssey, Homer's great epic of Odysseus' voyage home from the Trojan War has influenced Western literature immeasurably, modeling this century for James Joyce's Ulysses. This translation into blank verse by eminent eighteenth century poet William Cowper is itself a pre-Romantic literary masterpiece.
language: English
title: The Odyssey
titlecomplete: The Odyssey
characters: Agamemnon, Polyphemus, Odysseus, Helen of Troy, Telemachus, Achilles, Minerva, Penelope (wife of Odysseus)
genres: Fiction, Classics, Read For School, Greek Mythology, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literature, Adventure, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 1039667
places: Ithaca
publisher: Everymans Library