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Series
Pub. Date
2000
Description
What is it in Homer's Odyssey that has so enthralled readers from around the world for thousands of years? By joining Professor Vandiver for these 12 lectures on the Odyssey, you'll find out why. This literary exploration centers on a single provocative question about the epic poem's protagonist, Odysseus: Why does he long so powerfully to go home? To probe the depths of this question, you'll embark on meticulous, insightful examinations of the most...
62) The Odyssey
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Aided by the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope.
64) La odisea
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Monstruos de todo tipo, barcos perdidos en alta mar, catástrofes naturales, peleas, disfraces, ingenio... La Guerra de Troya ha terminado. Por fin, Ulises puede regresar a Ítaca junto a su amada Penélope y su hijo Telémaco. Pero los dioses no están dispuestos a facilitarle las cosas, y pondrán en su camino todo tipo de obstáculos.
Presents a retelling of Homer's epic in graphic novel format that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the...
65) The odyssey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The ancient Greek hero Odysseus fought for nine long years in the terrible siege of Troy. Now, all he wants is to go home to his wife and son. But the voyage is long and perilous, and the god of the sea is his enemy. Will he ever see his home and family again? A graphic novel version of Homer's work.
69) Ulysses
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Ulysses' return from the Trojan Wars sets him upon a legendary adventure. He and his crew sail under the curse of Cassandra, and encounter Circe, the sirens and the cyclops.
70) The odyssey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A retelling in graphic novel format of Homer's epic. The Trojan War raged for ten years until the Greek armies triumphed. But the victors were cursed by jealous gods and set out in stormy seas to face their fates. It took more than gods and monsters to keep King Odysseus from returning home.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The best-selling author of The Lost presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Set sail for adventure with these stormy Greek legends Jason's uncle Pelias has seized the throne of Argos. Before Jason can take his rightful place there, he must retrieve a magical the Golden Fleece. To capture this treasure, he gathers a ship full of Greek war heroes. But as they set off for the fleece, many dangers lie ahead. Odysseus, captain of the Greek army, has won a decade-long war. Now he faces his greatest leading his men home. His journey...
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