Homer's Daughter
by:
Robert Graves (author)
Nausicaa, a Sicilian princess of the eighth century B.C., looks back on the events of her life and tells how she came to write the epic poem known as the Odyssey.
Nausicaa, a Sicilian princess of the eighth century B.C., looks back on the events of her life and tells how she came to write the epic poem known as the Odyssey.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780897330596 (0897330595)
Publish date: August 30th 2005
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Pages no: 283
Edition language: English
Robert Graves, best known for I, Claudius, uses Samuel Butler’s theory that The Odyssey was actually written by a Sicilian woman as the inspiration for the novel Homer’s Daughter. Nausicaa, daughter of an Elyman king, faces a host of unwelcome suitors while the king is away and has to devise a means...
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