Circe and the Cyclops - Penguin Little Black Classics (9780141398617)

You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...The tales of Odysseuss struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage, poems epic and intimate, essays satirical and inspirational, and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Next to nothing is known about Homers life. His works available in Penguin Classics are The Homeric Hymns, The Iliad and The Odyssey.