The Odyssey

About the book

Odysseus has survived the Trojan War but remains far from Ithaca, where his household faces the growing demands of men seeking to marry Penelope. His son Telemachus begins searching for news while the absent traveller negotiates unfamiliar hosts, dangerous temptations, and the consequences of earlier choices. The epic alternates journeys with remembered adventures, making storytelling itself one of Odysseus's most important abilities. Hospitality can offer protection or conceal a trap, and recognition rarely follows directly from appearance. Alongside its monsters and divine interventions, the work gives sustained attention to meals, beds, clothes, labour, and the relationships that make a home. This English prose rendering invites readers to follow both the adventure and the difficult work of returning to a life changed by absence.

• Homecoming
• Hospitality
• Identity and recognition

Why read it

For an adventure whose most intricate challenges concern trust, storytelling, and the meaning of home.

English prose translation