"The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey - a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values."--Jacket.

Homer and the Greeks -- Bards and heroes -- Wealth and labor -- Household, kin, and community -- Morals and values -- Appendix I: The world of Odysseus revisited -- Appendix II: Schliemann's Troy -- one hundred years after.