The Odyssey (Wisehouse Classics Edition) - Softcover

Homer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9176372944 ISBN 13: 9789176372944

Verlag: Wisehouse Classics, 2017

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature; the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.

The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths), king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek: Μνηστῆρες) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Wisehouse Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9176372944
• ISBN 13: 9789176372944
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432