The World of Odysseus
Subtitle: Revised Edition (Pelican)
Edition: New Impression edition
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: March 29, 1979
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780140205701
Subjects: Ancient Greece; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; History - General History; Homer; Odyssey; Travel; Essays & Travelogues
First sentence: "BY THE GENERAL consent of criticks," wrote Dr. Johnson, "the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient for other compositions."