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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34583995 Title: The Odyssey Author: Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox Publisher: New York : Viking, ©1996. ISBN/ISSN: 0670821624 9780670821624 9780143039952 0143039954 0780776615 9780780776616 OCLC:34583995

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The Odyssey

Author:	Homer.; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox
Publisher:	New York : Viking, ©1996.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A new translation of the epic poem retells the story of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

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Genre/Form:	Translations into English Poetry
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Homer. Odyssey. New York : Viking, c1996 (OCoLC)646895345
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Homer.; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox Find more information about:
ISBN:	0670821624 9780670821624 9780143039952 0143039954 0780776615 9780780776616
OCLC Number:	34583995
Description:	x, 541 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince -- Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace.
Other Titles:	Odyssey.
Responsibility:	Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

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Deals with literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. This title presents you with the author's best-loved poem, Read more...

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