Hunter, R. L. The measure of homer: The ancient reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
– This book analyzes and expounds on ancient response to the persona of Homer and their ability to blend into any number of given cultures.
Scott, John A. “The Sources of the ‘Odyssey.’” The Classical Journal 12, no. 2 (1916): 119–30. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3287857.
– This article discusses the multitude of influences that affected the writing of the Odyssey, breaking down the concepts of poem and literary fiction on relation to Homer to better decipher the circulating amalgamation of culture found.
Finley, M. I. (Moses I.). The World of Odysseus. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus, 1962.
– A breakdown of the Greek Dark Ages that subsequently gave birth to the Homeric Epics.
Andersson, Theodore Murdock. The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280). 1st ed. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 2006.
– Introduction to the development of the Norse Icelandic sagas that came about in the medieval period, and their cultural values and literary norms.
Byock, Jesse L. The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. London: Penguin Books, 1998.
– The epic of a semi-legendary king of Demark seeking to gain back his family, title, and holdings through a journey that demands sacrifice and patience.
Csapo, Eric. Theories of mythology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub, 2005.
– A practical guide in interpreting myths, introducing key theories in mythology, structuralism, and ideological analysis.
Homer, and Emily R Wilson. The Odyssey. First edition. New York ; W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.