The Odyssey
$20.93
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2022
Summary
Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him. Claiming that Odysseus is dead, a host of suitors have taken up residence in his home, eating up his wealth and trying to persuade Penelope to marry one of them. Penelope steadfastly refuses.
Odysseus, in fact, is alive. Having spent seven years as a captive of the nymph Calypso, the gods final…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781435171756 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1435171756 |
| Author: | Homer Homer, Samuel Butler |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
| Imprint: | Union Square & Co. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 134mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Signature Editions |
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Homer Homer
Homer is reputed to be the author of both the Odyssey and its prequel, the Iliad. Although no biographical details have been discovered, he is believed to have been an historical figure whose poems were transmitted in song, following the Ancient Greek oral tradition.
Alexander Pope was one of the greatest English poets of the 18th century. His translation of the Odyssey remains a classic interpretation of this masterpiece.
George Davidson studied languages and linguistics at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Strasbourg, and is a graduate of Edinburgh University. A former senior editor with Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, he is now a freelance compiler and editor of dictionaries and other reference books. He is an Elder of the Church of Scotland, and lives in Edinburgh.
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