The Odyssey of Homer: Books VI and VII

by Homer and G.M. Edwards

Book Overview

One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, the Homeric saga of the shipwrecks, wanderings, and homecoming of the master tactician Odysseus encompasses a virtual inventory of the themes and attitudes that have shaped Western culture. The tale of Odysseus' s encounters with such obstacles as Calypso, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, and the lotus-eaters, and his dramatic return to Ithaca and his patient wife, Penelope, forms a prototype...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521053226
• ISBN13: 9780521053228
• Release Date: January 1920
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.