

In this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops as he and his men are pinballed between islands of adversity. One of the most individual voices of his generation, Armitage revitalizes our sense of the Odyssey as oral poetry, as indeed one of the greatest of tall tales.
It takes about 4 Hours and 24 minutes on average for a reader to read The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic. This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute.
The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic is 272 pages long.
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