Heed the Siren’s song and join the Classic Book Discussion Group next month for a discussion of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey:
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 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, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to the love of Calypso on her all-too-comfortable isle. When he arrives in Ithaca, he has to contend with a group of suitors who have been pressing his wife to forget about her husband, admit she is a widow, and marry one of them.
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An in-person discussion of The Odyssey will be held on Thursday, June 29, at 3:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
Copies of The Odyssey are currently available on our 1st Floor on the Book Discussion Shelf (just behind our New Books shelves).
You can also download a copy of The Odyssey as an ebook (through Hoopla or Libby/Overdrive) or as an audiobook (through Hoopla or Libby/Overdrive).
Published on May 26, 2023.
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