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The Odyssey
- Author
- Homer
- Narrator
- Charles Purkey
- Publisher
- Page2Page
- Publish Date
- 15 June 2019
- Run Time
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Homer
- Narrator
- Charles Purkey
- Duration
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9782291063902
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Page2Page
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
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