The Bending of the Bow: A Version of the Closing Books of Homer’s Odyssey

A tremendously vital retelling of the closing books in The Odyssey, this should find wide readership among students, teachers, and general readers. The images are reproduced from the drawings Jim Dine made in 1987-88 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek Museum in Munich. “”The pairing of image and word is amazingly close”” – Print Collector’s Newsletter. “”Moves easily and quickly – racy and amusing”” – Orbis.