num_pages: 388
description: THE English version of The Odyssey is Alexander Pope's 1725 translation. As Dr. Johnson said, it is, "certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen." This is that text, the great Odyssey of Homer, as cast into Engish by Alexander Pope, one of the giants of English poetry.
language: English
title: The Odyssey of Homer
titlecomplete: The Odyssey of Homer
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: Wildside Press