The Odyssey
Homer
ISBN 10: 0517390531 ISBN 13: 9780517390535
Published by Random House Value Publishing, 1988
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Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # R09R-00836
Synopsis:
This work recounts the story of Odysseus' return to Ithica from the Trojan war and tells how he encountered many trials before being united with his faithful wife Penelope, at the end of his wanderings.
From the Back Cover: The second work of Western literature, Homer's Odessey is, as Peter Jones says in his illuminating introduction, "rich in character, adventure and incident, reconciling reality with fantasy, the heroic with the humble." It recounts the story of Odysseus's return to Ithaca from the Trojan war and tells how, championed by Athene and hounded by the wrathful sea-god Poseidon, Odysseus encounters the ferocious Cyclops, escapes Scylla and Charybdis, and yields temporarily to the lures of Circe and Calypso before he overcomes the trials awaiting him on Ithaca. Only then is he reunited with his faithful wife Penelope, his wanderings at an end.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Odyssey
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Flaxman, John
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included