Odisea

Along with the Iliad, the Odyssey is one of the cornerstones of Western culture. Homer's account of Odysseus's adventures on his journey home from Troy to Ithaca has always been an inexhaustible source of inspiration and imagery for writers and artists. Episodes such as his encounters with the Cyclopes and Polyphemus, the Sirens, the sorceress Circe, and the nymph Calypso, as well as Odysseus's revenge on the suitors of his wife, Penelope, are just some of the seeds that have ceaselessly nourished the human imagination. This prose version of the Odyssey, with its extraordinary smoothness and elegance, does justice to an unforgettable tale, whose resourceful protagonist is driven by interests and motivations similar to those of men and women throughout history.