The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.
By: Homer.
Contributor(s): Fagles, Robert [trl.].
Material type: BookSeries: Penguin classics deluxe edition. Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, [1997]Description: 541 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0140268863 (pbk.); 9780140268867 (pbk.).Uniform titles: Odyssey. English. Subject(s): Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Poetry | Epic poetry, GreekDDC classification:Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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General Circulation Books | PA4025 .F34 1996 (Browse shelf) | Available | BKO |
"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.
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