Odysseus: A Verse Tragedy, by Nikos Kazantzakis, Nobel Prize nominee and author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, is a dramatic, modern retelling of story of the return of the Ancient Greek warrior-king. It is a prequel to Nikos Kazantzakis's epic poem The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, inspired by Homer's Odyssey. This translation into English is by renowned scholar and translator Kostas Myrsiades.