Homers Odyssee

This volume offers an informative and exciting introduction to the Odyssey. At the heart of the presentation are questions about the enigmatic poet Homer and his poetics, as well as about his hero – the cunning Odysseus: The returnee from the Trojan War angers the god Poseidon when he blinds his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. Now the Earth-shaker is enraged and wants to prevent his return to Ithaca. The adventures Odysseus must endure during his ten years of wandering and how Homer managed to create an early masterpiece of world literature from this material are narrated and explained here.