The odyssey

Homer.

The odyssey [electronic resource] / Homer ; translated by William Cowper. - Redhill : Naxos Audiobooks, 2007. - 1 online resource (audio files) : digital, stereo

Read by Anton Lesser.

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers. Anton Lesser reads with imagination and authority. Homer's Odyssey is the thrilling and moving tale of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the end of the Trojan war. For ten years he experiences storm, shipwreck and seduction as he tries to find a way home to Ithaca, contending with the wrath of Poseidon but protected by Pallas Athena. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope is beset by suitors who believe him dead...William Cowper's 1791 verse translation captures both the touchingly human episodes and the adventurous sweep of Homer's original.


Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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