This beautiful story tells the adventures of Ulysses, known as Odyssey in Greece, sailing the Mediterranean Sea. Huge storms lashing hisboat because of the Sea God?s will, Poseidon. However, Ulysses isprotected by Athena, the goddess of wisdom. In the meanwhile, in hishomeland, Ithaca?s Island, his wife Penelope and his son Telémaco arewaiting for him until Telemaco will go in search of his father?s news. But in Ithaca have been installed Penelope?s suitors , who want toconvince her that her husband has died and who spend their days atUlysses? palace eating and drinking ... Even if nothing is known withcertainty, it seems that in the Eight Century b.C., a greek minstrelcalled Homer, - blind according to the tradition- wrote this history,the Odyssey, that told the adventures lived by Ulysses from hisdeparture form Troy until his arrive, twenty yaers later, at Ithaca.The Odyssey is a wonderful poem, written many, many years ago: nearlythree thousand! The Odyssey is written in Greek, in 12,110 verses.Rights sold to Canada
