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The Odyssey
by William Allan
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Twenty years after setting out to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus is yet to return home to Ithaca. His household is in disarray: a horde of over 100 disorderly and arrogant suitors are vying to claim Odysseus' wife Penelope, and his young son Telemachus is powerless to stop them. Meanwhile, Odysseus is driven beyond the limits of the known world, encountering countless divine and earthly challenges. But Odysseus is of many wiles and his cunning and bravery eventually lead him home, to reclaim both his family and his kingdom.
Homer's Odyssey rivals the Iliad as the greatest poem of Western culture and is perhaps the most influential text of classical literature. This elegant and compelling new translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes that guide the reader in understanding the poem and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read.
Verity offers an excellent, clear, traditionally literal but avowedly non-poetic [translation]. - Colin Burrow, London Review of Books
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- Oxford University Press, Brand
- Apr 22, 2018 Pub Date:
- 0198736479 ISBN-10:
- 9780198736479 ISBN-13:
- 384 Pages
- 7.8 in * 5.1 in * 0.8 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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