ARGOS: THE TRUE STORY OF MY MASTER ODYSSEUS AND HIS EXPLOITS AS TOLD BY HIS LOYAL DOG

Of the Odyssey's more than 12,000 lines, fewer than 20 concern Odysseus's dog, Argos, who was a puppy when his master left Ithaka to fight the Trojans and is not heard from for nearly 20 years. Argos: the True Story of my Master Odysseus and his Exploits as Told by His Loyal Dog takes Homer's epic tale of angry gods and heroic men, fickle goddesses and loyal wives, and tells us the story Homer did not. Narrated by Odysseus's loyal dog, Argos tells us what happens on Ithaka during the turbulent years after his master left, when Odysseus's loyal wife Penelope and young son Telemachos fight to keep his estate from the suitors and his herds from the jaws of a marauding wolf pack. Woven between these events Argos hears from seabirds, turtles, bats and owls of the trials his master Odysseus is enduring, knowing that both of their fates lie in the hands of the gods.