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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Epic poetry Poetry Translations Translations into English |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Homer. Odyssey. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] (DLC) 2017029463 (OCoLC)992989654 |
Named Person: | Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character); Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Homer; Peter Green |
ISBN: | 9780520966871 0520966872 |
Language Note: | Translated from the original Greek into English. |
OCLC Number: | 992989791 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 522 pages) |
Contents: | Cover -- THE ODYSSEY -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE ODYSSEY -- Synopsis -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Other Titles: | Odyssey. |
Responsibility: | Homer ; a new translation by Peter Green. |
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"Comparisons to [Emily] Wilson's recent translation are inevitable. . . . Both Wilson and Green capture the spirit of the Odyssey, but word-for-word, Green also captures a feel for the Homeric language, an experience closer to the original." * Library Journal * "Green's intelligent translation is . . . a superb choice." * The Weekly Standard * "Green brings to the poem the rhetorical directness and historical expertise which worked so well in his translation of The Iliad. Speeches in his version are vigorous and direct. " * London Review of Books * "The kind of absorption offered by Green's translation seems particularly relevant to the reading of a poem from an alien culture and period. It contributes to the opening of the imagination that is surely one of the main pleasures of reading such a work. . . . I recommend this translation not only for its weighty introduction and notes but above all for the sensitivity of its expression." * Manchester Review * Read more...