The Odyssey
I've read Homer's The Odyssey several times, including once in Latin (high school). One thing that has fascinated me about The Odyssey...as well as The Iliad...is how much "truth" there is to the epic. Amazing to find an occasional bit that has survived the passage of time, countless re-translations and re-interpretations and the like.
And then there's the fanciful side. For example, here's a depiction of the "cosmos" of The Odyssey...as a snowglobe.
Addendum: The scholarly paper (Adobe Acrobat).
Posted by Fred Kiesche at July 1, 2008 09:18 AMAre you thinking of Virgil's Aeneid? That was in Latin.
Homer was Greek. Virgil adopted Homer's universe as the setting for his epic poem.
Posted by: JohnL at July 1, 2008 02:59 PM