Following an encounter with the former Helen of Troy (now returned to her husband, the king of Sparta, after the ignominious defeat of the Trojans), Odysseus gradually wends his way to Egypt and southward, grappling all the while with questions about the nature of God. Considered by Kazantzakis himself to be one of his most important works, The Odyssey takes readers on a richly imagined quest for adventure and understanding with one of literature’s most timeless characters.

    Poems from the Greek Anthology

    All lovers of ancient literature and of poetry will be enthusiastic about these poems which present the spirit of Greece in a modern verse-form of great subtlety and beauty. This edition is limited to five hundred copies and was printed by the University Press in Cambridge.