The Adventures of Odysseus, Benedict Flynn
The Adventures of Odysseus, Benedict Flynn
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The Adventures of Odysseus

Author: Benedict Flynn

Narrator: Benjamin Soames

Unabridged: 2 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 04/01/2000

Synopsis

The Adventures of Odysseus is the story of what happened after the Trojan War when Odysseus, the most cunning of all the Greek heroes, left Troy and made his way back to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It was first told by a poet named Homer nearly three thousand years ago and is retold in this new version especially for younger listeners.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Grace

Benedict Flynn did an amazing job narrating this audiobook. Odysseus contains exciting stories that made me cringe quite a bit. I wondered about reading these to children, which I think I must have years ago. Certainly it must have been a different version. Giants biting off the heads of sailors is......more

Goodreads review by Friend of Pixie

Benedict Flynn rewrites classics for kids and in the process manages to avoid dumbing them down or Disney-fying them. Although Logan, at 6 years old, did not enjoy this *quite* as much as he did Robin Hood, I think that's more a matter of his current interests (pirates, knights, castles) and less be......more

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