The Odyssey (1974) - Folio Society edition

The Odyssey (1974)

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The Odyssey (1974)
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Odyssey (1974)

Homer
Edition year 1974
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Elisabeth Frink
Translator E.V. Rieu
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 288
Dimensions 25.3 × 16 cm

Edition details

The Odyssey, by Homer. New edition. Translated by E.V. Rieu. 12 leaves of three-colour lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Bound in brown canvas with a design in black and gold by Sally Lou Smith. Pale brown endleaves. Mottled blue-green slipcase. 25.3x16cm. 288pp.

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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