This was an excellent piece of literary criticism, thoroughly enjoyable and very insightful. The Odyssey really lends itself to deeper analysis, and the attention with which the author recounts and dissects every passage with so much reverence and admiration is a joy to read.

Ulysses is one of the greatest characters in literature, so much more endearing than Achilles, less tragic yet more aspirational. His relationship with the gods, with Penelope, with knowledge through adventure is explained so well in this book. It very much reminded me of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, though the single focus on Ulysses makes this its own thing. I just really enjoy this genre.