The Odyssey /

By: Homer [author.]Contributor(s): Wilson, Emily R, 1971- [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2017Description: 656 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393089059 (hbk.) :Uniform titles: Odyssey. English Subject(s): Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Poetry | Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English | LiteratureDDC classification: 883.01 LOC classification: PA4025.A5 | W56 2017Summary: The first great adventure story in the Western canon, 'The Odyssey' is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace.
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Translated from the Ancient Greek.

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, 'The Odyssey' is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace.