Attributed to the blind Greek poet, Homer, The Odyssey is an epic tale about cunning and strength of mind. It takes its starting point ten years after the fall of the city of Troy and follows its Greek warrior hero Odysseus as he tries to journey to his home of Ithaca in northwest Greece after the Greek victory over the Trojans.On his travels, Odysseus comes across surreal islands and foreign lands where he is in turn challenged and supported by those that he meets on his travels as he attempts to find his way back home in order to vanquish those who threaten his estate. In turn, his son Telemachus has to grow up quickly as he attempts to find his father and protect his mother from her suitors.Dealing with the universal themes of temptation and courage, the epic journey that Odysseus undertakes is as meaningful today as it was almost 3,000 years ago when the story was composed.

Книга «Iliad, the (HB)». Издательство: Macmillan. Год выпуска: 2020. Серия: Macmillan Collectors Library’. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 532. Автор: Homer. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

A cornerstone of Western literature, Homer’s Iliad is the epic tale of the siege of Troy.After nine years, the Greeks are still fighting to reclaim the beautiful Helen and it is hardly the time for their supreme warrior, Achilles, to drop out of the war. But he does, in revenge against the overlord Agamemnon for seizing his concubine, Briseis.Only the death of his best friend, Patroclus, persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat.This edition features an accessible prose translation by the classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler, first published in 1898.