Odysseus: A Verse Tragedy
, by Nikos Kazantzakis, Nobel Prize nominee and author of
Zorba the Greek
and
The Last Temptation of Christ
, is a dramatic, modern retelling of story of the return of the Ancient Greek warrior-king. It is a prequel to Nikos Kazantzakis's epic poem
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
, inspired by Homer's
Odyssey
. This translation into English is by renowned scholar and translator Kostas Myrsiades.