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Odysseus: A Life

Odysseus: A Life - 2004

by Beye, Charles Rowan

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In this entertaining "biography," Beye fills out the story of this extraordinary figure, at the same time portraying Odysseus' evolution through the course of a strange and adventurous life, at times remote and at times immediate in the contemporary perspective.

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  • Title Odysseus: A Life
  • Author Beye, Charles Rowan
  • Binding
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion, USA
  • Date 2004
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 163105
  • ISBN 9781401300241 / 1401300243
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.56 x 5.92 x 0.76 in (21.74 x 15.04 x 1.93 cm)
  • Ages 18 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 12
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003049967
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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First line

ODYSSEUS IS THE perpetual enigma who tells all and reveals nothing.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2004, Page 1047
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/15/2003, Page 1345
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2004, Page 109
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/15/2003, Page 62

About the author

Charles Rowan Beye is Distinguished Professor of Classics Emeritus at the City University of New York and has taught at Boston University, Stanford University, and Yale University. The author of numerous books and articles about the classics (particularly Homer and epic poetry), he divides his time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.