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The Odyssey

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After ten bloody years of fighting in the Trojan War, the intrepid Odysseus heads homeward, little imagining that it will take another ten years of desperate struggle to reclaim his kingdom and family. The wily hero circumvents the wrath of the sea god Poseidon and triumphs over an incredible array of obstacles, assisted by his patron goddess Athene and his own prodigious guile. From a literal descent into Hell to interrogate a dead prophet to a sojourn in the earthly paradise of the Lotus-eaters, the gripping narrative traverses the mythological world of ancient Greece to introduce an unforgettable cast of characters: one-eyed giants known as Cyclopses, the enchantress Circe, cannibals, sirens, the twin perils of Scylla and Charybdis, and a fantastic assortment of other creatures.

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Series Title

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Call Number

883 HOM o

Publisher

New York : Dover Publications., 1999

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780486406541

Classification

800

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Literature
Fiction
Classics
Mythology-Fiction

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Statement of Responsibility

Homer

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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