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The Odyssey
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The Odyssey
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
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Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travellers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.
This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the complicated hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this version as a more fully rounded human being than ever before.
Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, Emily Wilson's Odyssey sings with a voice that echoes Homer's music; matching the number of lines in the Greek original, the poem sails along at Homer's swift, smooth pace.
A fascinating, informative introduction explores the Bronze Age milieu that produced the epic, the poem's major themes, the controversies about its origins, and the unparalleled scope of its impact and influence. Maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, and extensive notes and summaries of each book make this an Odyssey that will be treasured by a new generation of readers.
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ISBN: 9780393356250
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Illustration: 3 maps
Contributors:
- Translated by Emily Wilson
- Translated by Emily Wilson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 648g
Pages: 592
About the Author
Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern studies, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.
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