The Odyssey
Homer
Jan 2001 · Spotify Audiobooks · Narrated by Vikas Adams
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The best-known epic of the Western canon, The Odyssey signifies the beginning of literature as we know it.
Odysseus, King of Ithaca, is stuck in a perilous and seemingly unending journey home after the ten-year-long Trojan War. Because he’s upset Poseidon, Odysseus must reckon with both godly and earthly threats on his passage. He travels through the land of the Cyclops, encounters the enchantress Circe at the ends of the earth, and faces the sea monster Charybdis and the six-headed serpent Scylla. He loses his crew and tries to hang onto his sanity.
Back home, Odysseus’ wife Penelope assumes he is dead and fights to fend off the suitors who come for her. Here is one of the more romantic and doomed love stories ever written.
The best-known epic of the Western canon, The Odyssey signifies the beginning of literature as we know it.
Odysseus, King of Ithaca, is stuck in a perilous and seemingly unending journey home after the ten-year-long Trojan War. Because he’s upset Poseidon, Odysseus must reckon with both godly and...
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Homer is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two greatest Greek epic poems. Nothing is known about Homer personally; it is not even known for certain whether there is only one true author of these two works. Homer is thought to have been an Ionian from the 9th or 8th century B.C. While historians argue over the man, his impact on literature, history, and philosophy is so significant as to be almost immeasurable. The Iliad relates the tale of the Trojan War, about the war between Greece and Troy, brought about by the kidnapping of the beautiful Greek princess, Helen, by Paris. It tells of the exploits of such legendary figures as Achilles, Ajax, and Odysseus. The Odyssey recounts the subsequent return of the Greek hero Odysseus after the defeat of the Trojans. On his return trip, Odysseus braves such terrors as the Cyclops, a one-eyed monster; the Sirens, beautiful temptresses; and Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly rock and whirlpool. Waiting for him at home is his wife who has remained faithful during his years in the war. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey have had numerous adaptations, including several film versions of each.
Homer is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two greatest Greek epic poems. Nothing is known about Homer personally; it is not even known for certain whether there is only one true author of these two works. Homer is thought to have been an Ionian from the 9th or 8th century B.C. While h...
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