On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet this was no ordinary recitation of the words of one of the most iconic ...

When Odysseus finally makes it home to Ithaca he finds that his wife, Penelope, is resisting the approaches of several suitors. Look at a map of Greece and the surrounding islands and sea.

The book is a retelling of a poem written in Ancient Greece more than two thousand years ago. The journey home from Troy to Ithaca takes Odysseus ten years. Along the way he is met with huge ...