This book is not that Odyssey, but a translation, which-like all other translations of the Odyssey-like any translation of any work of literature-is a re-creation in a different language of some of the qualities of the original work.
A pet rescue volunteer and literacy outreach coordinator describes her relationship with a three-pound blind cat whose daredevil character and affectionate personality saw the author through six moves, a burglary and the healing of her ...
Peter Jones provides a line-by-line commentary on Homer's Odyssey that explains the factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to...
BONUS: This edition contains a new afterword and an excerpt from Gwen Cooper's Love Saves the Day.
In the course of this book, we remember the iconic characters – Hank Scorpio and Lionel Hutz, Rex Banner and Frank Grimes - and we dissect seminal episodes such as Cape Feare, Marge Vs the Monorail and Who Shot Mr. Burns.
... Odyssey (see M. L. West 1997, chapter 8; we might note even with these brief excerpts parallels in the formulaic style ... Ishtar's attentions (she is comparable to the Greek Aphrodite). When, like Odysseus, he comes to reject a goddess ...
The works of Homer were considered by the Ancient Greeks to be the cornerstone of their culture and Homer's poetry remains an important foundation for modern literature.
... Das usbekische Heldenepos Alpomish: Einführung, Text, Übersetzung, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001. Reynolds is extraordinary in having enrolled as an apprentice of an Egyptian epic bard, and in his book he is therefore able to analyse ...
Homer's great epic poem of adventure is the tale of a warrior who tries to return home to his wife and family but must first overcome a series of obstacles and escape from many traps.
A classic translation by Butler of the magnum opus "The Odyssey".
“On this Thoas son of Andraemon threw off his cloak and set out running to the ships, whereon I took the cloak and lay in it comfortably enough till morning. Would that I were still young and strong as I was in those days, for then some ...