The Odyssey (1948)

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The Odyssey (1948)
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Odyssey (1948)

Homer
Edition year 1948
Binding Cloth
Illustrator John Buckland-Wright
Translator F.L. Lucas
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 136
Dimensions 25.3 × 16.1 cm

Edition details

The Odyssey by Homer. Selected and translated by F.L. Lucas. 16 engravings on copper by John Buckland-Wright. Bound in brown canvas with gilt blocked figure. White dust-jacket printed in light brown and black. 136pp. 25.3x16.1cm.

About the book

Homer's Odyssey follows the Greek hero Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. His travels bring encounters with the Cyclops, Circe, the Sirens and numerous supernatural dangers, while his wife Penelope resists unwanted suitors. The epic explores loyalty, intelligence, temptation, identity and the enduring longing for home.

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