A superbly illustrated graphic novel retelling the epic Greek legend. When Odysseus sets off from the city of Troy to his home on Ithaca, little does he suspect the terrifying dangers that stand in his way. Man-eating giants, a one-eyed ogre and a six-headed serpent lie in wait - not to mention blood-chilling ghosts and a wicked enchantress...
This book is part of a book series called Usborne Graphic Legends .
There are 104 pages in this book. This is a comic book. This book was published 2018 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .
Sue Ferraby works as a teacher and Literacy Co-ordinator in a small school in the Yorkshire Dales. She enjoys drawing and writing stories with children and walking by the sea. Fabiano Fiorin was born and lives in Venice, Italy. Since 1980 he has been illustrating for comics and illustrated children's books in Italy, Germany, New Zealand and the UK.
This book contains the following story:
The Odyssey
After ten bloody years the war with Troy is over - the Greeks have destroyed the city. Now it is time for Odysseus and the other Greeks to return to their kingdoms across the sea. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster, the witch Circe who turns his men into pigs, the stupefied Lotus-Eaters and the enmity of the sea-god Poseidon himself- - before he is reunited with his wife and son
