The Odyssey of Homer: (Forgotten Books)
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Author(s)Gasparin, Agénor Étienne
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1605063231
ISBN-139781605063232
AvailabilityIn Stock.
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Book Description:
"The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated circa approximately 700 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Romans myth) and his long journey home to Ithaca, following the fall of Troy.
It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. During this absence, his son Telemachus and wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have moved into Odysseus' home to compete for Penelope's hand in marriage, since most have assumed that Odysseus has died.
The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon and continues to be read in Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. The original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos perhaps a rhapsode. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its strikingly modern non-linear plot, and the fact that events are shown to depend as much on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Book I.; Book ii.; Book iii.; Book iv.; Book V.; Book vi.; Book vii.; Book viii.; Book ix.; Book X.; Book xi.; Book xii.; Book xiii.; Book xiv.; Book xv.; Book xvi.; Book xvii.; Book xviii.; Book xix.; Book xx.; Book xxi.; Book xxii.; Book xxiii.; Book xxiv.
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
"The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated circa approximately 700 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Romans myth) and his long journey home to Ithaca, following the fall of Troy.
It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. During this absence, his son Telemachus and wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have moved into Odysseus' home to compete for Penelope's hand in marriage, since most have assumed that Odysseus has died.
The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon and continues to be read in Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. The original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos perhaps a rhapsode. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its strikingly modern non-linear plot, and the fact that events are shown to depend as much on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Book I.; Book ii.; Book iii.; Book iv.; Book V.; Book vi.; Book vii.; Book viii.; Book ix.; Book X.; Book xi.; Book xii.; Book xiii.; Book xiv.; Book xv.; Book xvi.; Book xvii.; Book xviii.; Book xix.; Book xx.; Book xxi.; Book xxii.; Book xxiii.; Book xxiv.
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
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