num_pages: 64
description: Homer's Odyssey springs to life in comically witty, psychologically rich poetry full of epic resonance in Randall J. VanderMey's Charm Five Women of the Odyssey. In dramatic monologues and dialogues, the drama of Odysseus's long-delayed homecoming from the Trojan War is told as a series of encounters with five strong Circe, Calypso, Nausicaa, Athena, and Penelope. The famed encounters are there--the Cyclops, the Lotus Eaters, the Clashing Rocks, the descent into the Underworld--but the real story here is one of seduction, faithfulness, devotion to duty, and the ultimate testing of love. Who is the greater hero in the tardy Odysseus or long-suffering Penelope? Though full of contemporary references, Charm School is true to its Homeric source; it will make a thought-provoking addition to any course in Greek mythology.
language: English
title: Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey
titlecomplete: Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey
publisher: Artamo Press