The Odyssey

by Homer; Knox, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780143039952
• ISBN10: 0143039954
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-31
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Summary

When Robert Faglesrs" translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with the Odyssey, Homerrs"s best-loved poem, recounting Odysseusrs" wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, the 'man of twists and turns' meets the challenges of gods and monsters, only to return after twenty years to a home besieged by his wifers"s suitors. In the myths and legends retold in this immortal poem, Fagles has captured the energy of Homerrs"s original in a bold, contemporary idiom.

Author Biography

Homer (c. 8th century BC) is considered the greatest of Greek poets.

Robert Fagles has been awarded the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Bernard Knox is director emeritus of Harvard-'s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Introduction	3	(62)
The Spelling and Pronunciation of Homeric Names	65	(3)
MAPS
1. Homeric Geography: Mainland Greece	68	(2)
2. Homeric Geography: The Peloponnese	70	(2)
3. Homeric Geography: The Aegean and Asia Minor	72	(5)
Inset: Troy and Vicinity	73
HOMER: The Odyssey
BOOK 1: Athena Inspires the Prince	77	(16)
BOOK 2: Telemachus Sets Sail	93	(14)
BOOK 3: King Nestor Remembers	107	(17)
BOOK 4: The King and Queen of Sparta	124	(28)
BOOK 5: Odysseus—Nymph and Shipwreck	152	(16)
BOOK 6: The Princess and the Stranger	168	(11)
BOOK 7: Phaeacia's Halls and Gardens	179	(12)
BOOK 8: A Day for Songs and Contests	191	(20)
BOOK 9: In the One-Eyed Giant's Cave	211	(19)
BOOK 10: The Bewitching Queen of Aeaea	230	(19)
BOOK 11: The Kingdom of the Dead	249	(22)
BOOK 12: The Cattle of the Sun	271	(15)
BOOK 13: Ithaca at Last	286	(15)
BOOK 14: The Loyal Swineherd	301	(18)
BOOK 15: The Prince Sets Sail for Home	319	(19)
BOOK 16: Father and Son	338	(16)
BOOK 17: Stranger at the Gates	354	(21)
BOOK 18: The Beggar-King of Ithaca	375	(15)
BOOK 19: Penelope and Her Guest	390	(20)
BOOK 20: Portents Gather	410	(14)
BOOK 21: Odysseus Strings His Bow	424	(15)
BOOK 22: Slaughter in the Hall	439	(16)
BOOK 23: The Great Rooted Bed	455	(13)
BOOK 24: Peace	468	(21)
NOTES
Translator's Postscript	489	(8)
Genealogies	497	(4)
Textual Variants from the Oxford Classical Text	501	(2)
Notes on the Translation	503	(14)
Suggestions for Further Reading	517	(4)
Pronouncing Glossary	521