The Authoress of the Odyssey

Name: The Authoress of the Odyssey
Author: Samuel Butler

by Samuel Butler

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The Authoress of the Odyssey Where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2015-06-29

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Public domain in the USA.

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Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- In literature Homer. Odyssey -- Authorship Epic poetry, Greek -- Authorship Women and literature -- Greece

About the author

Samuel Butler

1835–1902

Best known for the satirical novel Erewhon and the posthumously published The Way of All Flesh, this sharp-minded Victorian writer loved challenging accepted ideas. His work ranges from fiction and essays to lively arguments about religion, evolution, and society.

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