The Odyssey

Richly imagined by the blind bard around 900 B.C.E., Homers story follows Odysseus on a decade-long journey as he flees ... (more)

Richly imagined by the blind bard around 900 B.C.E., Homers story follows Odysseus on a decade-long journey as he flees the Cyclops, angers his gods, resists the Sirens, averts his eyes from Medusa, docks in exotic cities--ever longing to return to his wife and son. Features a new Introduction. Revised reissue. (less)

"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; ab... (more)

"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version - the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman - this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer{u2019}s sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer{u2019}s music."--Dust flap. (less)

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A new translation of the epic poem retells the story of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. (more)

A new translation of the epic poem retells the story of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. (less)

A new translation of the epic poem, and the first by a woman, brings alive Homer's tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and mag... (more)

A new translation of the epic poem, and the first by a woman, brings alive Homer's tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic, and provides an introductory overview of the poem's major themes, controversial origin, and the scope of its influence. (less)

Homer's masterpiecce tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan Wa... (more)

Homer's masterpiecce tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War--a journey of many years and countless adventures. (less)

So much has been written about Homer that the legendary blind bard might just as well himself be included among the grea... (more)

So much has been written about Homer that the legendary blind bard might just as well himself be included among the great pantheon of Greek gods about whom he wrote so well. The Odyssey is concerned with Odysseus' difficulties in returning home after the Trojan War, which was won by the Greeks. It is unquestionably one of the great epic masterpieces of Western literature and a storehouse of Greek folklore and myth. With its wise and always magnificent hero and its romantic theme, The Odyssey has established itself as perhaps the greatest adventure story of all time. (less)

Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, Odysseus meets the cha... (more)

Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, Odysseus meets the challenges of gods and monsters. (less)

Homer's engaging and edifying tale recounts the journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and mastermind of the Greek victory ... (more)

Homer's engaging and edifying tale recounts the journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and mastermind of the Greek victory in the Trojan War, survives ten years of trials and temptations thrown in his way by angry gods. He makes his way home to his kingdom, his loyal wife and son with something more valuable than the spoils of war - wisdom. (less)

Summer, 1946. The Cousteau family - Jacques, his wife Simone and their two children Philippe and Jean-Michel - live in t... (more)

Summer, 1946. The Cousteau family - Jacques, his wife Simone and their two children Philippe and Jean-Michel - live in their beautiful house by the Mediterranean sea. By day they dive, by night they watch the stars. It's paradise on earth. But Jacques is never content. He lives and breathes adventure and believes absolutely in the virtues of progress. With his invention, the aqualung, his recently acquired vessel the Calypso, and a crew of free-spirited adventurers he is ready to cross the world's oceans. Ten years later, back from the boarding school to which he was sent with Jean-Michel, Philippe finds his father greatly altered - an international celebrity with megalomaniac dreams of grafting gills to humans and creating underwater cities. Jacques cannot see it yet, but Philippe already understands that progress and pollution have begun to lay waste to the submarine world. Despite their mutual love and admiration, violent conflict between these two passionate men is inevitable. But on their greatest adventure together aboard the Calypso, in Antarctica, they will find each other - before tragedy strikes. (less)

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