Nausica : $b Tragedia en tres actes treta de l'Odissea d'Homer

by Joan Maragall

"Nausica: Tragedia en tres actes treta de l'Odissea d'Homer" by Joan Maragall is a tragedy written between 1908 and 1911. This posthumous work reimagines the encounter between adolescent Princess Nausica and the mature hero Ulysses as he journeys home to Ithaca. Inspired by Goethe's version, Maragall explores the impossible attraction between the youthful princess and the seasoned wanderer, each bound by their inescapable destinies. The tragedy concludes with a tearful farewell rather than despair, as both characters accept their separate fates.