The Odyssey (2005)

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The Odyssey (2005)
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Odyssey (2005)

Homer
Edition year 2005
Binding Buckram
Illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith
Translator Robert Fagles
Weight 2 Kg
Pages 592
Dimensions 35.3 × 17.6 cm

Edition details

The Odyssey by Homer. New binding. Introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. Translated by Robert Fagles. 9 leaves of colour plates by Grahame Baker-Smith. Quarter-bound blue-grey buckram with grey cloth covers printed in black with a design by the artist. Pale grey endleaves. Blue-grey slipcase. 592pp. 35.3x17.6cm.

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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