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On the island of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never returned. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace - but this is shattered with the arrival of Orestes, King of Mycenae. Orestes, son of Agamemnon, is mad. Wracked with guilt for putting his own mother to death, he grows ever more unhinged. But a king cannot be seen to be weak. To keep him safe from the ambitious men of Mycenae, his sister Elektra brings him to Ithaca to recover under the protection of Penelope.

Greece is in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power, and revenge. When young soldier Eperitus comes to the aid of a group of embattled warriors, little does he know he will join the charismatic Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, on a legendary quest to save his homeland. Odysseus travels to Sparta to join the most famous heroes in paying suit to the sensuous Helen. Armed with nothing but his wits, he enters a treacherous world of warfare and politics to compete for the greatest prize in Greece.

"My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too..." So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca, in one of the greatest pieces of storytelling in Western literature. The Odyssey is his incredible traveller's tale, and also the story of his faithful wife Penelope who waits for him, besieged by suitors, and their son Telemachus who has a quest of his own.

Odysseus begins where Homer's Odyssey leaves off and recounts the eponymous Greek hero's final quest to settle his debt with the god Poseidon. He must travel to many cities carrying a wooden oar, find a land that knows no salt, and offer a sacrifice to the god on the site where a stranger asks the purpose of the oar. During his perilous journey, he becomes involved in the intrigues swirling among the great Trojan War veterans and their heirs and must also protect his own family and kingdom.

War is coming - and nothing can stop it... Settled in his small island kingdom, Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile, his warrior friend Eperitus, frustrated at his quiet life, dreams of glory in battle. But when Agamemnon’s fleet appears on the horizon, Odysseus knows that war is upon him. A Trojan prince has abducted Helen of Sparta, and the armies of Greece are gathering. As the greatest heroes flock to the crusade, only one is missing. Odysseus knows that without Achilles, the gates of Troy will never fall.

Im Jahre 1838 erschien die Erstausgabe von Gustav Schwabs "Sagen des klassischen Altertums". Durch Schwabs Werk sind in über 150 Jahren Zehntausende schon in ihrer Jugend mit dem Bildungsgut der antiken Sagenwelt in Berührung gekommen. Er hat die großen und kleinen Quellflüsse antiker Sagenüberlieferungen in seinem Werk wie in einem antiken Sammelbecken zusammenlaufen lassen und es ist ihm gelungen aus Stoffen unterschiedlicher Herkunft eine gerundete und einprägsame Darstellung zu schaffen, die in Ihrer Art einzigartig ist und über die Hermann Hesse schrieb: "Hier können wir harmlos und unbeirrt im Land der Griechen und Trojer wandeln, von Zeus und Ikaros in gutem Deutsch und ohne Noten und ohne Kommentare lesen".

Defy the inevitable. Such is the stance of Confederation captain Eric Weston and the crew of the starship Odysseus, patrolling the outer limits of Priminae space, anticipating the Empire's next attacks. Connected with the Terran FTL tech—the transition drive—humanity might stand a chance against the overwhelming forces. Until the entire planetary system goes dark. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Odysseus arrives to find the Empire securing critical intelligence from Priminae ships.

In this retelling of the Odyssey, Padraic Colum introduces young readers to Odysseus, the Greek hero of the Trojan War who has been away from his home and his family for twenty years. The Adventures of Odysseus & The Tale of Troy has all the essentials of Homer’s epic: the son, Telemachus, searching for news about his father; the faithful wife, Penelope, refusing to marry again despite a throng of suitors; and Odysseus himself, struggling against monsters.

It's 1985. Twenty-two-year-old Ananda has been a student in London for two years, practicing at being a poet. He's homesick and thinks of himself as an inveterate outsider, and yet he can't help feeling that there is something romantic about his isolation. His uncle Radhesh is a magnificent failure and an eccentric virgin who has lived in genteel impoverishment in Hampstead for nearly three decades. Over the course of one day, we follow Ananda and Radhesh on one of their weekly forays about town.

From an acclaimed classicist comes a witty, unusual, and fascinating "biography" of Homer's fictional Bronze Age hero, Odysseus. In this entertaining book, Charles Beye fills out the story of this extraordinary figure while at the same time portraying Odysseus' evolution through the course of a strange and adventuresome life, at times so remote, at times so immediate in the contemporary perspective.

One of the great masterpieces of Western literature, The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars. Though the stormy god of the ocean is determined to keep him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side.

I slutet av Nemos arv fick Dirk Pitt till sin stora förvåning veta att han var far till två vuxna barn, Summer och Dirk. Båda har ärvt sin fars kärlek till havet och de kommer nu att bli inblandade i sitt livs äventyr... En brun sörja översvämmar Karibiens kuster. Tvillingarna arbetar för NUMA med att försöka ta reda på varifrån den kommer, när två omvälvande saker inträffar: Summer upptäcker under sina dykningar ett vackert men märkligt konstföremål, som kan härledas till Odysseus seglatser, samtidigt som en fruktansvärd orkan drar in över Karibiska havet och Mexikanska golfen.

Es hora de que las mujeres de Ítaca cuenten su historia…Hace diecisiete años, el rey Ulises navegó a la guerra con Troya, llevando consigo a todos los hombres en edad de luchar de la isla de Ítaca. Ninguno de ellos ha regresado, y las mujeres de Ítaca son quienes deben dirigir el reino.

The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers.

The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors. The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy’s allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Meanwhile, Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca.

Während Odysseus auf dem Heimweg vom Trojanischen Krieg verloren gegangen scheint, greifen gierige Hände nach seinem Königreich Ithaka. Eine Gruppe ruchloser Freier will Königin Penelope zur Hochzeit zwingen und ihrem Sohn Telemachos den Thron rauben. Doch Odysseus ist keineswegs auf See ertrunken. Unerbittlich erkämpft er sich seinen Weg heim – und lässt sich dabei nicht von Zauberinnen, Sirenen, Zyklopen oder sonstigen Gefahren aufhalten.

Homers "Odyssee" ist eines der ältesten und einflussreichsten Werke der abendländischen Literatur. Und sie ist immer wieder neu zu entdecken: In dieser einzigartigen Hörspielinszenierung des SWR bleibt die zehnjährige Heimreise des griechischen Heldenkönigs packend bis zur letzten Minute. Die Schauspielerlegende Michael Degen alias Odysseus, Sieger von Troja und Bezwinger von Riesen und Zauberinnen, nimmt Kurs auf Ithaka.

Only the determination of one man can bring victory. The Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece's greatest warriors have fallen. But then a series of oracles appear with utterances from the gods, commands that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be defeated. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, knows that only one man has the courage and intelligence to complete the Olympians' tasks: Odysseus, King of Ithaca.

Perseus grows up wanting to be a hero, but he cannot become one if his mother Danae still sees him as a boy. When his stepfather Polydektes casts him away on a voyage across the sea, Perseus is determined to fulfil the great destiny of the son of a god and the grandson of a king. But the line between heroism and monstrosity is thin, and when Perseus attempts to seduce first gentle Medusa and then beautiful Andromeda, before finally reuniting with Danae, they each learn of the dangers of resisting a boy prepared to risk it all for greatness.

Es liegt nicht allein in Odysseus' Händen, nach der Zerstörung Trojas in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Flucht aus der Höhle des Zyklopen, der trügerische Gesang der Sirenen -- die Heimkehr des siegreichen Griechen wird zu einer jahrelangen, gefahrvollen Irrfahrt. Denn Odysseus ist zum Spielball der Götter geworden. Und von ihrem Willen hängt es ab, ob Odysseus seine geliebte Frau Penelope und seinen Sohn jemals wiedersieht.