The Odyssey

Synopsis

'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' guardianthe 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.