Description:This translation was created to privide an accurate text of the Odyssey in a modern English poetic form. It was designed, first and foremost, for people who are reading Homer's Odyssey for the first time. The book is accompanied by a complete glossary, maps and other study aids intended to help ensure that one's intial venture into the world of the Odyssey is a fruitful one. Composed between 800 and 70 B.C. The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus' long voyage home from the Trojan War and the adventures which befall him.