The Odyssey

Homer, (Translator) Walter Shewring, (Introduction) G. S. Kirk

ISBN 10: 0199536783 / ISBN 13: 9780199536788

Published by Oxford University Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Odyssey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199536783
• ISBN 13: 9780199536788
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • LATIN/GREEK

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Synopsis

This prose translation of the The Odyssey is so successful that is has taken its place as on the few really outstanding version of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his wife Penelope. Odysseus' account of his adventures since leaving Troy includes his encounter with the huntress Circe, his visit to the Underworld, and the lure of the Sirens as he sails between Scylla and Charybdis.

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About the Author

Homer was a legendary early Greek poet and rhapsode traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey, commonly assumed to have lived in the 8th century BC.