The Odyssey

Name: The Odyssey
SKU: 2346847
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Homer

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Wordsworth Classics

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"Enchanting and a must read and buy copy!"

Review by Lois on 10th October, 2014

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This is a new translation of Homer's Odyssey but is still faithfull to the Greek. This book is still enchanting and an exciting poetical version that still complements and enhances the original and the Odyssey and Trojan War franchise and sagas.

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This book comes with an introduction and notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of London. Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman's sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer': 'Much have I travelled in the realms of gold...'

Release date Australia

May 5th, 1992

Author

Homer

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Introduction and notes by Adam Roberts
Series edited by Keith Carabine

Interest Age

From 10 to 16 years

Pages

512

Series

Wordsworth Classics

Dimensions

129x198x26

ISBN-13

9781853260254

Product ID

2346847

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