The World of Odysseus

Drawing on a deep understanding of oral poetry and an unrivalled knowledge of early Greece, Sir Moses Finley offers a totally fresh analysis of Homer's depiction of kinship and values, Paris, Priam and the gods. When "The World of Odysseus" was published to great acclaim in 1954, it at once aroused controversy. This second edition confirms the central claims he advanced so brilliantly in the first publication.