The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon. Indeed it is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature. It was probably composed near the end of the eighth century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek-speaking coastal region of what is now Turkey. The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.

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The Odyssey of Homer Paperback 212609 $12.74 $0.01 1999
Odyssey (Translated & Annotated) Kindle Edition 66113 $10.46 2010
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The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) Kindle Edition 674958 $8.89 2013
The Odyssey Abridged Perfect Paperback 70032 $14.99 $9.49 2008
Odyssey-abridged Kindle Edition 307826 2010
The Odyssey Abridged (hard cover) Hardcover 2568830 $18.95 2012
The Odyssey: By Homer - Illustrated Kindle Edition 255719 2016
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The Odyssey (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback 30334 $18.42 $18.00 2020
The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation Hardcover 634318 $24.05 1998
The Odyssey Paperback 266590 $26.96 $5.85 2002
The Odyssey: (complete illustrated edition) Paperback 1333245 $13.00 2021
The Odyssey Kindle Edition 166095 $3.99 2014
Odyssey (Mentor Books) Paperback 2449738 $1.44
The Odyssey Audible Audio Edition 1318 $24.47 1999
The Iliad & The Odyssey Paperback 276701 $11.99 2021
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The Odyssey Paperback 361702 $10.84 2015
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The Odyssey (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) Kindle Edition 745062 2016
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The Iliad And The Odyssey Kindle Edition 60861 2016
The Odyssey Paperback 803682 $13.34 2016
The Odyssey Paperback 837051 $12.99 2021
The Odyssey Audible Audio Edition 13621 $14.95 2006
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The Odyssey of Homer (Large Print) Paperback 358019 $15.99 2013
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The Odyssey Paperback 1012885 $17.88 $0.31 2005
The Odyssey: By Homer & Illustrated (An Audiobook Free!) Paperback 684126 $6.57 2016
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The Odyssey: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers (Unabridged Version) Kindle Edition 93539 2015
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The Odyssey (Vintage classics) Paperback 61400 $6.99 $0.01 1990
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Hardcover 5267110 $3.00
The Odyssey: a graphic novel and full text Paperback 301015 $11.98 2020
The Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback 48790 $0.99 $0.37 2002
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The Odyssey (Oxford Illustrated Classics Series) Paperback 1950897 $9.37 $0.55 1999
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The Odyssey Paperback 516739 $13.99 2021
The Odyssey Hardcover 15872726 $31.00 $34.29 2007
The Odyssey: Filibooks Classics (Illustrated) Kindle Edition 52566 2015
The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation Kindle Edition 3185 $10.99 1998
The Odyssey of Homer Paperback 855021 $16.77 $0.01
The Odyssey Paperback 606445 $3.56 $3.25 2011
The Odyssey (Graphic Classics) Hardcover 1235398 $10.54 $3.93 2009
The Odyssey Hardcover 663797 $17.99 2016
The Odyssey:a classics illustrated edition Paperback 474377 $30.99 2022
Odyssey Audible Audio Edition 17851 $20.20 2016
The Odyssey Paperback 942859 $7.95 $0.71 2012
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The Odyssey of Homer Paperback 1202553 $9.87 $0.01 2007
The Odyssey Hardcover 708316 $103.69 $19.49
The Odyssey Paperback 1132909 $2,420.43 $0.69 1997
The Odyssey Paperback 245787 $10.89 $10.34 2020
The Odyssey (Signet Classics) Kindle Edition 513889 2015
The Odyssey Mass Market Paperback 3469554 $49.75 $0.01
The Odyssey Paperback 2345455 $32.00 $0.07 2009
Odyssey: Odisseia (Greek Edition) Paperback 272226 $29.00 2009
The Odyssey (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 1413718 $6.99 $1.17 2008
The Odyssey (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback 72319 $0.01 $0.01 1998
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The Odyssey Audio CD 2281510 $9.00
The Odyssey (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) Hardcover 82747 $13.00 $3.80 1992
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The Odyssey Kindle Edition 762673 2016
The Odyssey of Homer (Full Cast Audio Theater Adaptation) Audio CD 685040 $29.95 $15.00 2012
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The Odyssey Kindle Edition 1691 2017
The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation Audio CD 616882 $21.39 $9.95 2014
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The Odyssey (Classics Illustrated) Paperback 434322 $9.95 2018
The Odyssey Paperback 87487 $8.99 2017
The Odyssey--Butler Translation, Large-Print Edition Paperback 242378 $17.95 $13.33 2006
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The Essential Odyssey (Hackett Classics) Kindle Edition 80878 2012
Classic Starts™: The Odyssey (Classic Starts™ Series) Kindle Edition 923492 2011
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The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green Hardcover 504317 $29.95 2018
The Odyssey (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback 443600 $14.44 $3.79 1993
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Colour Classics Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Paperback 4549025 $4.00 2006
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The Iliad & The Odyssey Kindle Edition 194846 $1.99 2022
The Odyssey Hardcover 102 $25.44 2017
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The Odyssey Audio CD 3197390 $19.61 $18.58 2000
The Odyssey Paperback 7713 $12.84 $7.46 2018
The Odyssey--Butler Translation Paperback 13240465 $17.95 $29.57 2007
The Odyssey: + Classical Illustrations Paperback 791744 $6.69 2022
The Odyssey (Graphic Classics) Paperback 81960 $6.34 $1.55 2009
[(The Odyssey translated by E.V.Rieu)] [ By (author) Homer, Translated by E.V. Rieu, Revised by Dominic Rieu, Introduction by Peter Jones ] [January, 2003] Paperback 638107 $14.93 $5.84 2003
The Usborne Illustrated Odyssey (Illustrated Originals) Hardcover 127979 $17.05 $17.05 2016
The Odyssey Kindle Edition 288183 2014
The Iliad & The Odyssey Paperback 4316994 $10.95 $2.33 2006
The Odyssey: A New Verse Translation Paperback 2188982 $18.34 $1.89 1968
The Odyssey: Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) Hardcover 3229108 $3.00
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition 9370 $10.99 1997
The Odyssey Audio CD 504191 $19.31 $9.98 2005
The Odyssey of Homer Kindle Edition 66192 $9.78 2009
The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation Audible Audio Edition 3056 $23.95 2014
The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green Paperback 137746 $14.80 $6.13 2019
HOMER ODYSSEY BOOKS XVII–XVIII (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) Paperback 1278869 $36.64 $31.83 2010
The Iliad & The Odyssey: Large Print Paperback 1597069 $18.50 2020
The Odyssey (The Norton Library) Paperback 323784 $10.75 $12.61 2020
The Iliad And Odyssey Hardcover 1611213 $26.99 $26.58 2018
The Odyssey Paperback 2709125 $12.99 2018
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Paperback 37068 $11.24 $1.49 2006
The Odyssey (Annotated) Paperback 5926736 $8.82 $4.43 2020
World Classics Library: Homer: The Illiad and The Odyssey (Arcturus World Classics Library) Hardcover 1707926 $19.99 2021
Homer: Odyssey Books 19 & 20 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) Paperback 2062077 $37.11 $27.77 2008
The Odyssey of Homer Hardcover 229429 $17.45 $1.20 1990
The Odyssey Hardcover 99265 $16.43 $1.62
The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) Hardcover 100302 $20.43 $14.99 2013
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Paperback 90380 $9.75 $1.66 2003
The Odyssey Audio CD 875724 $15.03 $13.00 2000
The Odyssey SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) Paperback 24483 $1.32 $0.01 2014
The Odyssey (Epics) Audio CD 4289370 $420.21 $15.40 2004
The Odyssey - Classic Illustrated Edition Kindle Edition 14368 2014
The Odyssey (Annotated, Illustrated) Kindle Edition 340899 2016
The Odyssey (the Samuel Butler Prose Translation) Paperback 44750 $3.96 $1.99 2009
The Odyssey (The Samuel Butler Prose Translation) Kindle Edition 602617 2009
The Odyssey (Puffin Classics) Paperback 61460 $1.47 $0.01 1997
The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics) Paperback 38880 $1.50 $0.15 2003
The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics) Hardcover 1258731 $3.40 $0.01 2004
The Odyssey Paperback 532811 $7.00 2017
The Odyssey Paperback 45183 $5.83 $4.50 2020
The Odyssey Paperback 31572 $7.30 $1.38 1998
The Essential Odyssey (Hackett Classics) Paperback 127243 $10.13 $6.49 2007
The Odyssey (Penguin Clothbound Classics) Hardcover 31285 $15.87 $16.56 2010
The Odyssey of Homer Paperback 43709 $9.59 $1.79 2007