' You must be Odysseus man of twists & turns' The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops & Circe the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Next to nothing is known about Homer's life His works available in Penguin Classics are The Homeric Hymns The Iliad & The Odyssey