Vnimaniyu chitatelej predlagaetsya kniga otechestvennogo istorika i filologa S.P.SHestakova (1864–1940), posvyashhennaya issledovaniyu problemy proischozhdeniya poemy Odisseya, pripisyvaemoj legendarnomu drevnegrecheskomu poetu Gomeru. V rabote podrobno analiziruetsya kazhdaya glava poemy, a takzhe privoditsya obzor kritiki Odissei. V rezul′tate issledovaniya avtor prichodit k vyvodu, chto v Odissee obnaruzhivaetsya soedinenie elementov dvuch samostoyatel′nych poem. Naryadu s nastoyashhej knigoj v nashem izdatel′stve vychodit rabota S.P.SHestakova, posvyashhennaya issledovaniyu proischozhdeniya Iliady. Kniga rekomenduetsya prezhde vsego specialistam-antichnikam, a takzhe literaturovedam, kul′turologam, istorikam i vsem zainteresovannym chitatelyam.