The Odyssey (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) - Tapa blanda

Translated in heroic couplets by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey is a sequel to Homer's The Iliad. Odysseus, the captain of Greeks and the hero of Trojan War, is returning home to his wife in Ithaca after the Greek victory. He faces dangers and trials beyond measure.

Alexander Pope, master of the heroic couplet, is the best-known poet of the early eighteenth century. Several of Pope's couplets have been so often quoted that they seem like cliches now, which is an indication of the power and influence of his work. Some examples are 'A little learning is a dang'rous thing', 'To err is human, to forgive, divine', 'For fools rush in where angels fear to tread'. Most of us, at some point in our lives, have quoted Pope without realizing it.