Nikos Kazantzakis' "Odysey" is published

In 1938, Nikos Kazantzakis published the epic "Odysey" -- with one "s" -- which is an entirely original work, distinct and unrelated to the translation of Homer's "Odyssey", which was also translated by I. Th. Kakridis and N. Kazantzakis. In his epic poem, "Odysey" Kazantzakis narrates Odysseus's adventures and journeys after returning to Ithaca and then departs again, until he died in the Southern Frozen Ocean during his quest for the fountain of immortality. The Cretan writer regarded his "Odysey" as his Magnus Opus - giving it the nickname Obra -, in order to describe his viewpoint; he also stated categorically that even if his entire work were destroyed, if there was a disaster and there was nothing left but Odysey, he would consider his life's work saved.
"Odysey's" first edition (1938) was indeed an important publishing event for modern Greek literature since it was printed in a large format and in just 300 copies sponsored by the American Joe MacLeod, with printing characters ordered especially. It is considered the first Greek book published in the monotonic system. It is worth mentioning that Kazantzakis embeds more than 5000 (7,500 coined words) unnoted words -- potentially poetic coinage -- to preserve his country's linguistic wealth for future generations.

The "fragment" was added at the suggestion of Mr. Nikos Mathioudakis.