num_pages: 349
description: The first English prose translation of Homer's The Odyssey to appear in over thirty years, Shewring's translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow.
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: 1039714
places: Ithaca
publisher: Oxford University Press