The Odyssey (1998)

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The Odyssey (1998)
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Odyssey (1998)

Homer
Edition year 1998
Binding Leather
Illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith
Translator Robert Fagles
Weight 2 Kg
Pages 592
Dimensions 10 × 6¾ in

Edition details

The Odyssey by Homer. 3rd. edition. Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Translated by Robert Fagles. 9 leaves of colour plates by Grahame Baker-Smith. Printed map endpapers. Quarter-bound in green artificial leather, with pale green linen boards printed with a design by the artist. Green slipcase. 592pp. 10x6¾in.

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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