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The Odyssey [sound recording] / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox.

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Penguin Audio, p2005, c1996.

COMPACT DISC 883 H766f

Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry.

Odyssey. English

[sound recording] /

11 compact discs (ca. 13 hrs.) : digital B NR ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

[Composed near the end of the eighth century BC].

Read by Sir Ian McKellen.

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, called Proci, competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.

Adult books on CD.

Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.

Fagles, Robert.

Penguin Audiobooks.

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