# The Odyssey

by [Homer](https://localbooks.app/authors/homer)

- Genres: [Poesia narrativa](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [Fantasy mitologico](https://localbooks.app/genres/fantasy/mythic-fantasy)
- Set in: [Itháki, Isole Ionie, Grecia](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/ionian-islands/ithaki); [Il monte Olimpo](https://localbooks.app/places/mythic-realms/mount-olympus) (Regni mitici, not a real place); [Gli Inferi](https://localbooks.app/places/afterlife/the-underworld) (Aldilà e regni spirituali, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Pages: 352

## Description

After ten years of war at Troy, Odysseus spends ten more trying to get home, past a cyclops, a sorceress, the Sirens and the anger of a god, while at home in Ithaca his wife Penelope holds off the suitors who want his place.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26446888W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Odyssey)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/the-odyssey/read/1 (26 chapters, 129845 words)

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