Description

A beautiful edition of Homer s classic tale from Ancient Greece, vividly retold to delight modern readers. Dramatic, stylish illustrations bring to life brave Odysseus encounters with furious gods, bewitching goddesses, terrifying monsters and a man-eating Cyclops… A beautiful gift for any child who loves adventure stories. In the Western classical tradition, Homer (Greek: ?µ????) is considered the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.