Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Fiction | Fiction Books | PA 4167 .A2 H85 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5191758 |
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"No greater claim to our credence" : on the isle of the nymph Calypso -- Something to say for yourself, or, Among the oar-loving Phaeacians -- Troy, backstory capital of the world -- Losing to the twelfth seed : surprised by the Cicones -- Acropolis now : Athens and other places actually on the map -- A drink with an umbrella in it : the honeyed fruit of the lotus -- Where No-man has gone before : in the cyclops' cave -- "Help! I need somebody!" : the hospitality of the Wind King -- Run away! run away! : catastrophe in the land of the Laestrygonians -- Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered : in the neighborhood of Circe -- Regarding the journey to hell, and how upon arriving there I found it closed -- Hold me back! : the island of the Sirens -- The truth about consequences : the choice between Scylla and Charybdis -- Everyone loves a hero : the cattle of the sun -- Among the Phaeacians, II : Corfu and the journey by night -- What these Ithakas mean -- Home at last : Penelope and Odysseus.
Details the author's efforts to retrace the footsteps of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca as recorded in "The Odyssey, " following the Greek hero on his journey around the Mediterranean to discover why this tale has continued to resonate with Western readers.
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