The epic FINAL chapter to Stephen Fry's outstanding retellings of the Greek Myths The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his way home from fighting in the Trojan War. His journey takes ten years - on the high seas, he encounters the cyclops, the lotus-eaters, the alluring sirens as well as the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece that readers have come to know and love Shipwrecks, battles, monsters, threats natural and supernatural - Odysseus must keep his wits if he is to reach home safely.