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The Odyssey
Oct 2, 2024 2:31 AM

Author:Homer,E. V. Rieu,D. C. H. Rieu,Peter Jones

The Odyssey

'The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' Guardian

The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his bravery and cunning to reach his homeland and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him. E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey was the very first Penguin Classic to be published, and has itself achieved classic status.

Translated by E. V. RIEU

Revised translation by D. C. H. RIEU

With an Introduction by PETER JONES

Reviews

A wise and practical guide to emotional freedom

—— Joseph Goldstein, author of Insight Meditation

A wonderfully clear, compassionate and insightful guide to freeing ourselves from difficult emotions

—— Sharon Salzberg, author of LovingKindness

Written with humour [and] warmheartedness in lively prose...

—— Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth

He draws crowds that no other spiritual leader or politician could hope to match...he seems to look at life in a different way to everyone else

—— The Times
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