The renowned Austrian photographer Erich Lessing has followed in the footsteps of the first and most famous late returnee of European literature, the cunning and travel-loving Odysseus, with his camera and has »told Homer's epic in pictures« (subtitle) - in 115 color photographs that mark the wanderings of the King of Ithaca with vase paintings, sculptures and landscapes. Even those who only know Odysseus, also known as Ulysses, by hearsay, and for whom Homer is only Hecuba, can enjoy this excellent photo book. (Herder; 304 pages; 126 marks.)