The Odyssey (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nikos Kazantzakis
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Ithaca, Sparta, Crete, Egypt, Africa, and Antarctica
- Principal Characters: Odysseus
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Traveling or travelers, Mythology or myths, War, Legends, Folklore, Gods or goddesses, Adventure, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Fables, Trojan War
- Locales: Africa, Egypt, Greece, Sparta, ancient, Egypt, ancient, Antarctica, Africa, ancient, Crete, ancient, Ithaca, ancient
The Story:
Odysseus, king of Ithaca, subdued a revolt against him soon after his return from the Trojan War. Growing discontent with the routine obligations of lawgiver, husband, and father, he built a ship, formed a crew of similarly individualistic characters, and began another journey—of no return. In Sparta, Odysseus tempted Helen to abandon, once again, her life of sumptuous boredom and accompany him. The shipmates next anchored in Crete, where, outraged by the disparity of wealth between the hedonistic court elite, presided over by the indolent King Idomeneus, and the...
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