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After his return to Ithaca and the death of the suitors, Odysseus’s story is not yet over. The Last Journeys of Odysseus reconstructs in English the lost plot of the Telegony, an epic poem of the Trojan Cycle attributed to Eugammon of Cyrene and preserved only through summaries, fragments, and testimonies by ancient authors.
Drawing on Proclus, Pseudo-Apollodorus, Hyginus, Pausanias, Eustathius, and other classical sources, this edition follows thehero through his final wanderings: the fulfillment of Tiresias’s prophecy, his stay in Thesprotia, his marriage to Queen Callidice, the war against the Brygians, his return to Ithaca, and his fatal encounter with Telegonus, the son of Circe.
The book combines continuous narrative, philological study, explanatory notes, and critical appendices. Each episode clearly distinguishes the information transmitted by antiquity from the narrative links required to restore the story as a coherent whole.
The result is an accessible yet rigorous account for modern readers of Odysseus’s final destiny, the power of prophecy, the tragic failure of recognition between father and son, and the survival of myth beyond Homer. An essential edition for readers of classical literature, Greek mythology, and epic narrative who wish to discover the forgotten conclusion ofthe Trojan Cycle.
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