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The Odyssey

(Wordsworth Classics)

By Homer, T. E. Lawrence (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9781853260254

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With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of LondonHomer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his Continue

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of LondonHomer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago.This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman's sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer': 'Much have I travelled in the realms of gold...'

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  • A tale of two timeless epics

    It is oddly moving, at a time when mention of the name ‘Homer’ invariably conjures up thoughts of donuts, to know that the author of the Odyssey remains the first classical author to whom most children are introduced. At my daughters’ primary school, ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • A tale of two timeless epics

    It is oddly moving, at a time when mention of the name ‘Homer’ invariably conjures up thoughts of donuts, to know that the author of the Odyssey remains the first classical author to whom most children are introduced. At my daughters’ primary school, ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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  • 1 person find this helpful

    This epic is epic. I buy it from garage sale mainly because it is very cheap but very small and elegant. Scarlet hardcover, with golden paper edge, bible feel, if I have a priest robe, I can even go preaching with this book in my hand. I've already known most of the stories in it, hope I can find so ... (continue)

    This epic is epic. I buy it from garage sale mainly because it is very cheap but very small and elegant. Scarlet hardcover, with golden paper edge, bible feel, if I have a priest robe, I can even go preaching with this book in my hand. I've already known most of the stories in it, hope I can find some time to read them as a whole.

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    Z.Z said on Nov 30, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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    Amazing read

    I had to read this book for English class and (of course) I did it last minute but still loved every minute of it! I LOVE The Odyssey! Greek mythology is the bomb and I love Odysseus' journey! I loved everything about this book and Greek culture in general; the names, the gods and goddesses and h ... (continue)

    I had to read this book for English class and (of course) I did it last minute but still loved every minute of it! I LOVE The Odyssey! Greek mythology is the bomb and I love Odysseus' journey! I loved everything about this book and Greek culture in general; the names, the gods and goddesses and how they interfere in the mortals lives, the humorous parts, the heartbreaking separation of husband and wife and father and son, and the eventual reunion. It was so sweet when Penelope realized it really was Odysseus in front of her and I was like "heck yeah!" when the blood bath in the end occurred, I was totally cheering on Odysseus and Telemachus! I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone!

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    star_bound said on Sep 14, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • Praise Athena! She's the only deity for me after reading this book.

    Now was it his mother or his father that Odysseus goes to visit in...Hell? My memory is very bad but I think I was unfairly attacked by a professor because of this detail. I think it was his mother?

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    DustMoteVII said on Mar 23, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Read this immediately after the Iliad and found it much easier going. Some of the battle scenes in the Iliad got more than a little tedious. But I got rid of a number of preconceptions about the books that I've had for many years.

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    PossMan said on Sep 13, 2006 | Add your feedback

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