The Odyssey

by Homer

• ISBN13: 9781416500360
• ISBN10: 1416500367
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780671015480
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Summary

The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent translation. Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War?a journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, "The Odyssey" has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years. Mandelbaum's robust, romantic, lyrical translation has an openness and immediacy unsurpassed by any other. Read aloud, it is a wonderful way to experience this enduring classic.

Author Biography

Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works of Western literature, these two poems together constitute the prototype for all subsequent Western epic poetry. Modern scholars are generally agreed that there was a poet named Homer who lived before 700 B.C., probably in Asia Minor.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
Note on the Text	p. lxiv
Odyssey 1	p. 1
Odyssey 2	p. 15
Odyssey 3	p. 28
Odyssey 4	p. 44
Odyssey 5	p. 70
Odyssey 6	p. 85
Odyssey 7	p. 95
Odyssey 8	p. 106
Odyssey 9	p. 125
Odyssey 10	p. 141
Odyssey 11	p. 158
Odyssey 12	p. 178
Odyssey 13	p. 192
Odyssey 14	p. 206
Odyssey 15	p. 222
Odyssey 16	p. 240
Odyssey 17	p. 256
Odyssey 18	p. 276
Odyssey 19	p. 290
Odyssey 20	p. 309
Odyssey 21	p. 322
Odyssey 22	p. 336
Odyssey 23	p. 353
Odyssey 24	p. 365
Translator's Postscript	p. 382
Glossary of Names	p. 385
Index of Speeches	p. 403
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 412
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