{"product_id":"the-odyssey-collins-classics-9780008844400","title":"The Odyssey [Collins Classics]","description":"Now a major movie.HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll my days are consumed in longing - to travel home and see the day of my arrival dawn. If a god must shatter me upon the wine-dark sea, so be it.One of the most enduring tales ever told, The Odyssey is the original homecoming story. After the fall of Troy, victorious war-hero Odysseus sets off on his long return to Ithaca - an adventure which takes him through strange and foreign lands and brings a challenge at every turn from six-headed sea monsters and man-eating giants, seductive sorceresses and vengeful gods.Passed down through the generations for three thousand years, Homer's The Odyssey, has been celebrated as an undisputed great of Western literature. Here in a translation by T. E. Lawrence, this timeless epic explores the longing, determination and courage of those who find themselves a long way from home and asks whether someone who has been at war can ever truly return the same.\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003eHomer's exact lifetime is unknown, but it is estimated as around 700-800 BC. Homer wrote the epic poems of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and has had an enormous influence on the history of literature. He is considered the greatest of the ancient Greek poets.","brand":"Homer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273756995645,"sku":"9780008844400","price":11.04,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_85bdd510-78ae-4020-987d-9592167d4cec.jpg?v=1793670094","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-odyssey-collins-classics-9780008844400","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}