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The Odyssey

Author
Homer, author.
Preferred Title
Odyssey. English (Verity)
Title
The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Anthony Verity ; with an introduction and notes by William Allan.
Format
Book
Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Description
xxix, 354 pages : map ; 23 cm
Other contributors
Verity, Anthony, translator. Allan, William, 1970- writer of introduction and notes.
Notes
Translated from the ancient Greek. Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxvii]-xxix) and index.
Summary
A major new translation of Homer's great epic poem that encapsulates the power of cunning over strength, the pitfalls of temptation and the importance of home. Anthony Verity's rendering transmits the directness, power, and dignity of Homer's poetry in an elegant and accurate translation that respects the original line numbers. William Allan, an authority in classical Greek tragedy and epic, offers a full introduction that guides the reader in understanding the composition of the poem, the major themes of the narrative, and situates the poem in its original cultural context. 0The line-by-line format of the translation is invaluable for those wishing to coordinate it with the Greek text or references in secondary literature. Extensive notes offer book-by-book summaries and elucidate difficult words and passages. The bibliography offers a succinct guide to further scholarship in English; a full index of names enables the reader to trace particular characters through the text; map showing the known Greek world traversed by Odysseus between Troy and Ithaca.
Subject headings
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)--Poetry. Epic poetry, Greek--Translations into English.
Genre heading
Poetry. Translations.
ISBN
9780199669103 0199669104

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Herman B Wells Library
Call Number
PA4025.A5 V47 2016
Location
Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks
Floor
7th Floor, East Tower
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