Homer.
The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. - New York : Penguin Books, [1997] - 541 p. ; 22 cm. - Penguin classics deluxe edition. .
"This [pbk.] edition contains minor revisions of the text"--P. 496.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince -- Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace.
In the myths and legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given readers an "Odyssey" to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
0140268863 (pbk.) 9780140268867 (pbk.)
96017280
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) --Poetry.
Epic poetry, Greek.
PA4025 / .F34 1996
The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. - New York : Penguin Books, [1997] - 541 p. ; 22 cm. - Penguin classics deluxe edition. .
"This [pbk.] edition contains minor revisions of the text"--P. 496.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince -- Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace.
In the myths and legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given readers an "Odyssey" to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
0140268863 (pbk.) 9780140268867 (pbk.)
96017280
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) --Poetry.
Epic poetry, Greek.
PA4025 / .F34 1996