IO, AGAMENNONE. GLI EROI DI OMERO

From the origins of a cursed bloodline to the fighting under the wall of Troy, from the feud with Achilles to his triumph and his homebound journey with Cassandra: the engrossing tale of a lost civilization in the words of the king who lead the Greek armies in a war that would become a legend.

Agammemnon is a ruthless, superb and powerful man, used to decide the fate of his men. Now he is standing alone on the bow of his ship peering into the night, recalling ten years of a war that costed the lives of so many of his brave fellows. Through his eyes and his words, the king of Macenae brings us to the very core of Homer's world: its heroes, its values, its ideals of glory and revenge, of love and dath. Giulio Guidorizzi - renowned scholar of Greek antiquitiy- has woven the story of a tribal society, where each human being was constantly confronted with the fundamental challenges of life and nature, into a shining narrative non-fiction that renders intact the fascination of a whole civilization.