Odyssey

The immortal poem of the great ancient Greek poet tells of the wanderings of Odysseus. The Trojan War is over, and the cunning king of Ithaca rushes to his native shores, where his wife Penelope and son Telemachus remain. However, the journey home is long and full of adventures: the legendary hero must escape from the captivity of the Cyclops Polyphemus, incur the wrath of Poseidon, visit the land of cannibals and the island of the sorceress Circe, sail between Scylla and Charybdis... The plots of myths and legends that Homer turned to in the Odyssey have become part of world culture, and the poem has inspired many artists and sculptors to create their immortal masterpieces. The publication is provided with notes and a dictionary of mythological and geographical names and names.