Odysseus II: The journey through Hell ISBN 0 340 42094 4 BBC 1987 “ Circe, how do we get home from here? “ asked Odysseus, putting his boots on. Circe gently kissed his forehead and said, “There’s only one person who can tell you that- the prophet Tyresius.” “But he’s been dead for hundreds of years!” “Exactly”, said Circe, and unrolled a torn and faded map. “ If you want to get home, you must visit the Land of the Dead.” It has taken ten long, bloody years for the Greeks to win the Trojan War and now, Odysseus, their victorious leader, wanted nothing more than to return home to his wife and son. What he didn’t know was that the journey ahead would take more than 10 years- and the journey through hell was only a beginning….. Odysseus won the Royal Television societies award for best children’s Programme of 1986. Close window to return to book page.