Homer's Daughter
Author: Graves, Robert
ISBN: 9780141197661
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 17 May 2012
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
GravesP#39;s retelling of an ancient epic, Plt;IPgt;The OdysseyPlt;/IPgt;, new to Penguin Modern Classics
In Plt;IPgt;HomerP#39;s DaughterPlt;/IPgt; Robert Graves recreates the Plt;IPgt;OdysseyPlt;/IPgt;. This bold retelling of the ancient epic imagines that its author was not the blind and bearded Homer of legend, but a young woman in Western Sicily who calls herself NausicaP#228;. In Robert GravesP#39;s words, Plt;IPgt;HomerP#39;s DaughterPlt;/IPgt; is P#39;the story of a high-spirited and religious-minded Sicilian girl who saves her fatherP#39;s throne from usurpation, herself from a distasteful marriage, and her two younger brothers from butchery by boldly making things happen, instead of sitting still and hoping for the best.P#39;
ISBN: 9780141197661
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 17 May 2012
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
GravesP#39;s retelling of an ancient epic, Plt;IPgt;The OdysseyPlt;/IPgt;, new to Penguin Modern Classics
In Plt;IPgt;HomerP#39;s DaughterPlt;/IPgt; Robert Graves recreates the Plt;IPgt;OdysseyPlt;/IPgt;. This bold retelling of the ancient epic imagines that its author was not the blind and bearded Homer of legend, but a young woman in Western Sicily who calls herself NausicaP#228;. In Robert GravesP#39;s words, Plt;IPgt;HomerP#39;s DaughterPlt;/IPgt; is P#39;the story of a high-spirited and religious-minded Sicilian girl who saves her fatherP#39;s throne from usurpation, herself from a distasteful marriage, and her two younger brothers from butchery by boldly making things happen, instead of sitting still and hoping for the best.P#39;
