The World's Desire

THE THIRD ODYSSEY
Odysseus had returned after years of wandering only to find his beloved wife dead, his home destroyed, and his world an aching blackness. In anger, he renounced his gods and, when magically summoned by Aphrodite, he set out to find romance and adventure in the Tempie of the Goddess of Love. In that sacred place, she revealed to him the woman whom all men desire—the immortal Helen, the fairest woman in all the world. He had adored Helen from the moment he had gazed upon her as a boy.. .the same Helen his destiny now bade him to find in a land far beyond the seas.. .the same Helen he would have to battle legions to find and outwit a powerful Queen to wed...ordie!
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Cover art by Michael Herring
First published by New Review, sr9, April-December 1890
First book publication in 1890 by Longmans, Green and Co.