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The Odyssey of Homer

by Allen Mandelbaum

ISBN13: 9780553897777
ISBN10: 0553897772
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Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time.

In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum--celebrated poet and translator of Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Divine Comedy --realizes the power and beauty of the original Greek verse and demonstrates why the epic tale of The Odyssey has captured the human imagination for nearly three thousand years.

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ISBN:: 9780553897777
Publisher:: Bantam
Subject:: Poetry
Translator:: Mandelbaum, Allen
Translated by:: Allen Mandelbaum
Homer:: Author
Author:: Homer
Author:: Mandelbaum, Allen
Author:: Allen Mandelbaum
Subject:: Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Subject:: Fiction-Classics
Subject:: Poetry-Continental European
Subject:: Fiction : Classics
Subject:: Poetry : Continental European
Subject:: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:: General
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry.
Subject:: Continental european
Subject:: Odysseus
Subject:: Epic poetry, Greek
Subject:: Anthologies-Miscellaneous International Poetry
Subject:: Classics-Greek
Subject:: Classics-Greek and Roman
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Subject:: main_subject
Subject:: all_subjects
Publication Date:: 19910901
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 560

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Fiction and Poetry » Poetry » Epic

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