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Voyage across the seas with the greatest seaman of them all, the brave and might Odysseus. Witness his epic return home after the events of the Iliad in Homer’s second surviving classic, The Odyssey. Summary of the Book It has been years since the end of the Trojan War. However, Odysseus has yet to return home. His son waits for him, unaware that his father is still alive, trying to find his way back. Along the way, Odysseus faces great traumas, monstrous creatures and beings of supernatural power. He lands on an island governed by Circe the Sorceress, who turns his men into pigs for their greed. He saves them from her clutches, continuing the journey home only to run into more danger. Homer’s timeless classic has inspired movies, plays, songs and books, but the original text has always stood above them all. It stands testament to Homer’s genius and the timeless nature of the hero’s journey home. This is one of the greatest adventure stories written in all of history, and this version contains accompanying notes, references and more for readers to understand Homer’s epic in an easy-to-read format. About Homer Homer was a Greek poet, popularly considered to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Herodotus places his timeline around 850 BC, and other sources attribute his existence to the 7th or 8th Century BC. Homer’s works are considered to be the most influential classics of all time. Part of a much larger work, now long lost to civilization, these two epic poems have changed the way literature has evolved throughout the ages. The Odyssey is a sequel to the Iliad and it has been adapted into several other works and films.