Text of the author's talk, the first annual public lecture in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Minnesota Libraries; letters from Nikos Kazantzakis to Kimon Friar; critical comments on 'The Odyssey: a Modern Sequel' by John Ciardi, Arthur Miller, Patrick Leigh Fermor, James Dickey, Mary Renault and many others; inscribed by Kimon Friar in 1985.