Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of them all. By: Tony Robinson and Richard Curtis. Cavalcade Story Cassettes: Chivers children’s audio books ISBN 0-86220-081-4 1990,1992 (1hr 55mins) The most powerful men in the world were all together in a circle in the middle of the room. Drawing their daggers, they cut their right hands and, above the pile of gold, swore Odysseus’ vow: Helen could marry whom she liked, and the Princes would defend them both. Everyone’s heard of the wooden horse of Troy, and of the beauty of Helen. Well this is the story as Odysseus saw it, from his boyhood in Ithaca to his participation in the bloody Trojan War itself.