The OdysseyHarold Bloom The second of the two great epic poems attributed to Homer, The Odyssey takes place after its hero, Odysseus, "sacked the sacred citadel of Troy" and describes his perilous 10-year voyage home. Homer's The Odyssey provides the ideal introduc |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Summary and Analysis | 25 |
Critical Views | 109 |
Pierre VidalNaquet on Odysseus Return to Humanity | 123 |
Charles Segal on the Episode of the Sirens | 139 |
Sheila Murnaghan on Odysseus Capacity for Disguise | 153 |
Contributors | 166 |
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