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By Homer, Samuel Butler (Translator)

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Centuries old and still captivating readers, The Odyssey has become a genre in and of itself. Join Odysseus and Co. as they trick a cyclops, outsmart syrens and vie for survival against the ever-crafty creatures of Greek mythology. Told in beautiful verse, it’s time to grab an oar and help paddle this crew back home to Ithaca.

This epic and timeless tale recounts the adventures of Odysseus as he journeyed home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

The story of Odysseus’s perilous journey home after the fall of Troy relates allegorical tales of goddesses and sirens, capture and escape, and maneuvering between Scylla and Charybdis. After ten years of travel, Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca only to find his family in turmoil. The saga of his efforts to make things right is one of the oldest works of Western literature an...