The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer. translated by E. V. Rieu. Homers The
Odyssey is an epic that has endured for thousands of years
and this Penguin Classics edition is translated by E.V.
Rieu revised by D.C.H. Rieu and contains an introduction
by Peter Jones. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year
journey home after the Trojan war forms one of the
earliest and greatest works of Western literature.
Confronted by natural and supernatural threats – from the
witch Circe who turns his men into pigs to the twin
terrors of Scylla and Charybdis; from the stupefied
Lotus-Eaters to the implacable enmity of the sea-god
Poseidon himself – Odysseus must test his bravery and
native cunning to the full if he is to reach his homeland
safely. But the danger is no less severe in his native
Ithaca as Odysseus finds himself contending with the
suitors who in his absence have begun to surround his wife
Penelope… E.V. Rieus translation of The Odyssey was the
first Penguin Classic to be published and has itself
achieved classic status. For this edition Rieus text has
been sensitively revised and a new introduction added to
complement his original introduction.