Odysseus: New & Ancient Greek Tales
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Odysseus: New & Ancient Greek Tales

Introduction by Professor Silvia Montiglio, Foreword by Edith Hall

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Odysseus is the craftiest and most quick-witted of the Greek heroes of myth – if not as strong as Heracles, nor as skilled as Achilles – famed for his fateful devising of the Trojan Horse and his eventful and epic journey home to Ithaca. This Myths, Gods & Immortals book unveils his myths, cultural legacy and bold reimaginings.

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ISBN: 9781835627914

Book Format: Hardback

Pages: 368

Dimensions: 15.3 × 2.4 × 21.3 cm

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Odysseus is the cunning wanderer from the fall of Troy, breaker of oaths and teller of tales. His story is immortalised in Homer’s Odyssey and will endure as long as humanity, forever capturing the imagination, not least because of the entities he meets along the way: the savage Cyclops Polyphemus, the enticing Sirens, and fearsome Scylla and Charybdis. He is considered a hero, but do we see him as the ancients did? Is he truly a hero when we know that – like many male heroes of myth – he was a killer, an adulterer, a liar and an all-round deceiver? Created through open submissions and supported by an extensive introduction examining the origins of Odysseus, this is a wonderful new book in the best tradition of Flame Tree’s collectable hardcover editions.

Introductory essay by Silvia Montiglio, and foreword by Edith Hall. The modern authors whose stories feature in this book are: Benjamin Cyril Arthur, Konstantin Asimonov, John Capetanos, Brenda W. Clough, Marlaina Cockcroft, Travis Earl, Ayden June Fitzgerald, Katie Frendreis, Rayne Hall, Jovel Royal, Sara Itka, Naomi Jae, Kiera Mathis Jones, L.G. Merrick, Kevin Potter, Ruth Knafo Setton, Brendan Smith and Rod A. White.

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  • Hardback | 368 pages
  • 15.3 × 2.4 × 21.3 cm | 850
  • 21 April 2026
  • Flame Tree Publishing
  • United Kingdom

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Professor Silvia Montiglio

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Silvia Montiglio (Introduction) was born in Italy. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pavia and a Doctorat from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests span Greek and Roman literature, the history of ideas, and the reception of classical texts. She is the author of several books, the latest of which is Schadenfreude and its Wicked Delights in Ancient Greece (Oxford University Press, 2025). Particularly relevant to the figure of Odysseus is From Villain to Hero: Odysseus in Ancient Thought (The University of Michigan Press, 2011). Edith Hall (Foreword) is Professor of Classics at the University of Durham. She has published 40 books, most recently Epic of the Earth: Reading Homer's Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World (Yale University Press, 2025). She leads a campaign to improve access to ancient civilisations and moral philosophy in UK state education and prisons. She acts as consultant to theatre companies including the RSC and the National Theatre and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio. She is a Fellow of the British Academy, and has been awarded the Classical Association Prize, the International Hellenic Prize, the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy, a Humboldt Prize, a Goodwin Award from the American Society for Classical Studies, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Athens.

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Edith Hall

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