The Odyssey
"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 and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translat...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Greek, Ancient (to 1453) |
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New York ; London :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Translator's note
- Maps. The world of The odyssey
- The Aegean and Asia Minor
- Mainland Greece
- The Peloponnese
- The odyssey. The boy and the goddess
- A dangerous journey
- An old king remembers
- What the sea god said
- From the goddess to the storm
- A princess and her laundry
- A magical kingdom
- The songs of a poet
- A pirate in a shepherd's cave
- The winds and the witch
- The dead
- Difficult choices
- Two tricksters
- A loyal slave
- The prince returns
- Father and son
- Insults and abuse
- Two beggars
- The queen and the beggar
- The last banquet
- An archery contest
- Bloodshed
- The olive tree bed
- Restless spirits.
