ODISEA, LA

We leave the theater after watching The Odyssey, or finish reading the original poem, and we all ask ourselves the same question: were there real events that inspired that myth? Welcome to the fascinating world of Greek mythology, but also of reality--of what archaeology, philology, and history tell us is real behind the myth. Was there a Trojan Horse?Did the Cyclopes exist? Who were the Sirens? Is the route of the Odyssey real? Discover all these mysteries of the Odyssey, and many more, in this book, by Alfonso Mañas, the author of the bestseller Gladiators, Beasts, and the Damned (over 7,000 copies sold in a year). A fantastic book that will reveal to you the greatest legend ever told, the legend of Odysseus, and the real-life background that may have inspired it.