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The Odyssey (Paperback)

The Odyssey (Paperback)

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  • Author:  Homer
  • Translated by:  W. H. D. Rouse
  • Introduction by:  Deborah Steiner
  • Afterword by:  Adam Nicolson
  • 9780451474339
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 12/01/2015
  • 4.13 "W x 6.75 "H x 0.98 "D
  • 384 pages
  • Education Grade Range: Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
  • Originally written somewhere around the 6th century BC

The greatest tale of all time, now with a New Afterword.

Richly imagined by the blind bard around 900 B.C.E., Homer's story follows Odysseus on a decade-long journey as he flees Cyclops, angers his gods, resists the Sirens, averts his eyes from Medusa, and docks in exotic cities--ever longing to return to his wife and son.

Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings.

W.H.D. Rouse was one of the great 20th century experts on Ancient Greece, and headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge, England, for 26 years. Under his leadership the school became widely known for the successful teaching of Greek and Latin as spoken languages. He derived his knowledge of the Greeks not only from his wide studies of classical literature, but also by travelling extensively in Greece. He died in 1950.

Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, travel, and the environment. He is the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the British Topography Prize, and the W.H. Heinemann Award. His previous books include Sea Room, God's Secretaries, Seamanship, Men of Honour, and Earls of Paradise.
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