The Odyssey: Introduction by Seamus Heany (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

The Odyssey: Introduction by Seamus Heany (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

<p>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 for all subsequent Western epics.<br><br>Robert Fitzgerald€s much-acclaimed translation, fully possessing as it does the body and spirit of the original, has helped to assure the continuing vitality of Europe€s most influential work of poetry. This edition includes twenty-five new line drawings by Barnaby Fitzgerald.<br><br>(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)</p>