num_pages: 497
description: This translation was created to provide an accurate text of the Odyssey in a modern English poetic form. It was designed, first and foremost, for people who are reading Homer's Odyssey for the first time. The book is accompanied by a complete glossary, maps and other study aids intended to help ensure that one's intial venture into the world of the Odyssey is a fruitful one. Composed between 800 and 70 B.C. The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus' long voyage home from the Trojan War and the adventures which befall him.
language: English
title: The Odyssey
titlecomplete: The Odyssey
characters: Agamemnon, Achilles, Polyphemus, Helen of Troy, Minerva, Penelope (wife of Odysseus), Odysseus, Telemachus
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Read For School, School, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Mythology, Fiction
ratings_count: 1039453
places: Ithaca
publisher: Richer Resources Publications