Die Odyssee

The world-famous story of a journey and a return. "I am Odysseus, son of Laertes, and my fame reaches to the heavens." Nearly 3000 years ago, the twenty-four songs of Homer were created, containing over 12,000 verses that tell of the legendary and seemingly endless homecoming of the Trojan war hero Odysseus. The Odyssey, his years-long journey across the Mediterranean, his adventures with the Lotus-Eaters, the sorceress Circe, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and in the realm of the dead, culminating in his return to Ithaca to his wife Penelope, is one of the most powerful narratives in world literature. The volume in the Insel-Bücherei recounts the incredible adventures of Odysseus and his struggle against the suitors who besiege his home and family. Burkhard Neie has transformed it into a book artistic masterpiece with his illustrations and design.