{"product_id":"9781400182183","title":"The Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. Crowded with characters, both human and nonhuman, and bursting with action, the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e details the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Odysseus encounters the seductive Circe, who changes men into swine; the gorgeous water-nymph Calypso, who keeps him a \"prisoner of love\" for seven years; the terrible, one-eyed, man-eating giant Cyclops; and a host of other ogres, wizards, sirens, and gods. But when he finally reaches Ithaca after ten years of travel, his trials have only begun. There he must battle the scheming noblemen who, thinking him dead, have demanded that Penelope choose one of them to be her new husband---and Ithaca’s new king. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften called the \"second work of Western literature\" (the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, also by Homer, being the first), the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a rousing adventure drama but also a profound meditation on courage, loyalty, family, fate, and undying love. More than 3,000 years old, it was the first story to delineate carefully and exhaustively a single character arc---a narrative structure that serves as the foundation and heart of the modern novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094746284272,"sku":"9781400182183","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400182183_p0.jpg?v=1763711826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400182183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}