description: Trying to return home after the draining Trojan war, Odysseus encounters monsters, cannibals and nymphs. The gods put these and other challenges in his way to test him, when all he want to do is be back with his beloved wife Penelope.
language: English
title: The Odyssey
titlecomplete: The Odyssey
characters: Polyphemus, Telemachus, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Minerva, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Penelope (wife of Odysseus)
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Mythology, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Read For School, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1039535
places: Ithaca
publisher: Kingfisher