title: Oedipus Aroused: Homer's Long-Lost Erotic Epic
author:  Robert Devereaux 
description: Robert Devereaux is best known for his off-the-wall novels, especially Santa Steps Out: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, and for his short fiction, the best of which may be found in Babys First Book of Seriously Fucked-Up Shit. Now he brings us the first English translation of Homers long-lost third epic, a hormonally heightened retelling of the Oedipus myth. Now that Oedipus Aroused has, after long centuries of obstruction and dismissal, hit the world of publishing smack-dab in its smug little face, Robert is a hairs breadth away from laying his hands on the even-more-elusive Queen Meropes Daughters, Homers fourth and far more explicit epic. Stay tuned!
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  # ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank the various and sundry maniacs who helped
  bring this book to fruition. We have to start with my humanities and
  aesthetics professors at Centre College. I’m finally making something out of
  my liberal arts education with The Red and The Rose.
  
  
  I also have to thank Mr. Bulfinch wherever he is for his fine compendium known
  commonly as Bulfinch’s Mythology. Also, I extend my gratitude to authors
  Catherine Johns (Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome), Robert
  Garland (Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Modern
  Civilization) and, of course, Homer (The Odyssey, The Iliad). Homer, the world
  owes you a donut. Sorry. I bet you hate that joke.
  
  
  Massive piles of gratitude to freelance editor Mala Bhattacharjee for her
  brilliant suggestions and eagle-eyed editing. I can’t recommend her services
  to other authors enough!
  
  
  Very special thanks to author Kira A. Gold (The Dirty Secret) for her astute
  editorial suggestions 