The story of Odysseus in the land of the Phacians

by Homer, Andrew Lang (Translator), Prof. Samuel Henry Butcher (Translator)

Overview

No other poem in all the literature of the world excels or equals the Odyssesy in variety of interest. Its hero is the type of the gallant adventurer, and his journeyings take him into the Fairylands that delight children of a larger growth. Odysseus was the King of Ithaca, and Ithaca was a tiny island west of Greece. He was the most distant of the feudal princes that fought with Agamemnon for the pupose of winning back from Paris of Troy, Helen, the runaway wife of Agamemnon's brother Menelaus. After the ten years' war, which is described in the Iliad, Odysseus sets sail for his rugged kingdom.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157316303
Publisher:	Boston : Privately printed by N.H. Dole, 1904
Publication date:	06/14/2017
Series:	Breviary Treasures , #152
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	513 KB

About the Author

Homer is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, but focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.