Travels of Odysseus

The various travels of the hero Odysseus are explored to contextualize Homer's Odyssey and analyze the nature of the hero's character.

List of contents

• 1: Contexts of Odysseus' Travels


• 2: Wandering to Ithaca


• 3: Travels at Ithaca


• 4: Leaving Ithaca

About the author

Jonathan S. Burgess is Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto. His previous publications include
The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), The
Death and Afterlife of Achilles (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), and Homer (I. B. Tauris Press, 2015).

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan S. (Professor of Classics Burgess, Burgess Jonathan S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.06.2025
• EAN: 9780198891499
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889149-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets