The Odyssey (Annotated‪)‬

This annotated edition of The Odyssey pairs Samuel Butler's complete 1900 prose translation with more than 285 original annotations by T. S. Causley. The commentary illuminates Greek mythology, Bronze Age history, archaeology, geography, religion, kingship, warfare, seafaring, hospitality, and the literary traditions that shaped Homer's timeless epic, providing the historical and cultural context needed to experience one of the foundational works of Western civilization.