Circe and the Cyclops

Author: Homer

Classical texts | Literary studies: poetry & poets

Published on 26^th February 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Penguin Little Black Classics' series.

Paperback / softback | 64 pages
162mm x 111mm x 7mm | 54g

'You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...'The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 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 Homer's life. His works available in Penguin Classics are The Homeric Hymns, The Iliad and The Odyssey.