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The Odyssey

Homer

The Odyssey

Paper book: €32.99

Digital: €7.99

Original publication
800 BC
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
820
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Adventure, History, Travel Writing
Moods
Escape it all, Be enchanted, Travel back in time, Savour the writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus wants to return home to his island of Ithaca. But it will take him ten years of wandering: he faces the Cyclops, escapes the song of the Sirens and resists the charms of the enchantress Circe. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope fends off the suitors who have overrun her palace.

It is the greatest adventure in literature, so much so that its title has become a word: an odyssey.

With the translation always in front of you, you can read this great tale in the language you are learning.

The plot

Et sund mellom to farer. Odyssevs og sjøfolkene hans kommer til et trangt sund mellom to klipper. Under den ene sluker en malstrøm havet tre ganger om dagen. I den andre skjuler Skylla seg, et uhyre med lange halser…

The world of the book

En verden av hav, øyer og guder. Boka foregår i sagnenes Hellas. Man reiser fra øy til øy i lange skip med årer og seil. Gudene blander seg inn i menneskenes liv: Poseidon, havets gud, er sint på Odyssevs, og Athene…

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