The Odyssey

The Odyssey – Homer, the Greek poet, credited with the enduring epic tales of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is an enigma insofar as actual facts of his life go. He has been hailed as the world’s first story-teller—and the best so far with his gripping and exciting tales of valour and heroism. The Odyssey begins ten years after the end of the Trojan war and recounts Odysseus’s adventures on his way back to Ithaca to reclaim his kingdom threatened by the presence of a hundred-odd suitors wooing his faithful wife Penelope. Primarily a tale of adventure and heroism, the Odyssey has had an enormous effect on western culture. This critical study explores and analyses the translation of the Odyssey by the Rieus.