"When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as ... emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his 'one last chance' to learn the great literature he'd neglected in his youth--and, even more, a final opportunity to more fully understand his son, a writer and classicist."--Provided by publisher.
Presents Homer's epic poem about Odysseus's adventures after the Trojan War in narrative, cartoon form, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.
A guide to studying Homer's "The Odyssey," featuring a complete plot summary and analysis, character analyses, key facts about the work, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz, and other study tools.
Examines literary, geological, and archaeological evidence in an attempt to identify the true location of the island of Ithaca described in Homer's "Odyssey.".
