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Genre/Form: | Translations Translations into English |
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Named Person: | Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Homer.; Stephen Mitchell |
ISBN: | 145167418X 9781451674187 |
OCLC Number: | 893922783 |
Notes: | Originally published in 2013. |
Description: | xlv, 375 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- About the Greek text -- About this translation -- On the pronunication of Greek names -- Map -- The Odyssey -- Appendix 1: The Hades catalogues -- Appendix 2: The second descent into Hades -- Notes on the Introductory sections -- Notes on the translation -- Notes on the Greek text -- Pronouncing glossary. |
Other Titles: | Odyssey. |
Responsibility: | Homer ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Stephen Mitchell. |
Abstract:
A new translation of Homer's epic adventure endeavors to instill the poetic nature of its original language while retaining accuracy, readability, and character vibrancy, creating the most captivating rendition of one of the defining masterpieces of Western literature.
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