homer

Examines the lasting popularity of Homer's "The Odyssey," discussing adaptations of the epic and responses to it.

Discusses the life of Homer and his epic poem, Odyssey, including its themes, its depiction of men, women, and gods, and more.

Retells, in graphic novel form, the adventures of Odysseus, an Ithacan general returning from the Trojan War who faces the wrath of the god Poseidon while trying to return home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus.

Explores the ancient Greek epic poem the Illiad.

"Homer is about to fail out of school unless he can come up with a story. An epic story. Oh, and it needs to be written in Dactylic Hexameter. No big deal--except Homer has no idea what that is. But the Greek god Hermes has a story that needs a storyteller, and with a trick of immortal magic, he sends Homer and his best friend Dory back ten years to the end of the Trojan War. They meet up with the Greek hero Odysseus along with an entire crew of smelly sailors and set off on a journey filled with scary monsters, angry gods, and a very hungry cyclops. Can Homer get the story in time? Or will one wrong move leave Homer and Dory trapped in the past forever?"--Amazon.com.

Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the ancient Greek poem written by Homer. Set in the final days of the Trojan War, the warrior leader Achilles calls upon the gods to help him when Agamemnon takes Achilles's captive Briseis.

Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.

"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.