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The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Papercover | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
This deluxe hardback edition presents The Odyssey, one of the most enduring classics of western civilization, with luxurious silver embossing and gilded page edges. This ancient epic poem tells the story of Odysseus and his eventful voyage home after the Trojan War. This edition uses Alexander Pope ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Shewring's superb prose translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow.
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classics
Trouble is brewing at the home of the Hero Ulysses, who has spent years fighting in the Trojan Wars and is now captive of the beautiful nymph Calypso. Hordes of suitors to his wife have invaded the family house, and Ulysses' son Telemachus sets out to find his father. Freed from the clutches of Calypso ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classics
The timeless themes of the Odyssey--survival, courage, loyalty, and hospitality--have resonated with readers through the ages, making it the most enduring classic in Western civilization. This beautiful slipcased edition of Homer's Greek epic sets Alexander Pope's classic 1726 translation alongside imag ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Alas that mortals Should blame the gods! From us, they say, All evils come. Yet they themselves It is who through defiant deeds Bring sorrow on them-far more sorrow Than fate would have them bear.' Attributed to the bl ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer; T E Lawrence (translator)
Category: Classics
'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the men whose lands he saw and came to know their thinking: many too the miseries at sea which he suffered in his heart, as he sought to win his own life and the s ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Fiction
Presents the story of Odysseus' return from the Trojan War to his homeland in a modern English translation.
The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson
Category: Classic Fiction
The Odyssey is a classic poem written by Homer that consists of 12.110 verses. It is unique already in that it has reached our days in its original form. This poem is a genuine revelation of the poetic thought of ancient Hellas....After the Trojan War, most of the survived Greek leaders returned by sea ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson
Category: Poetry
The Odyssey is a poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemac ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic | Series: Barnes & Noble Signature Editions
Handsomely produced in hardcover at a very affordable price, Barnes & Noble Signature Editions have been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. Each volume includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader ...Show more