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Published
Penguin Classics, March 2003
ISBN
9780140449112
Format
Softcover, 416 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 13cm × 2.3cm

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Penguin Classics relaunchThe 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 - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmityof the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and native cunning to the full if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

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