Everyone's heard the Greek myths about the wooden horse of Troy and the beautiful Helen, whose face launched a thousand ships to war. This is the story as Odysseus saw it - from the moment he first met Helen to the day he left the city burning to the ground - with all the fighting in between.

Odysseus hasn't seen his wife for years - now, at last, he's on his way home. But his adventures are far from over. First he must outwit the one-eyed Cyclops and escape from the enchantress Circe, be guided by ghosts through the Land of the Dead and ignore the sweet sounds of the deadly Sirens.

Everyone's heard the Greek myth about Theseus and the monstrous Minotaur - but not many people know that he also had to defend himself against an axe-wielding innkeeper, hordes of pirates and a treacherous uncle as well as escaping the clutches of the Queen of the Underworld.