The Odyssey

Chronicles the exploits and adventures of the warrior Odysseus as he struggles to return home to Ithaca and his beloved wife, Penelope, after the fall of Troy, in a free verse translation from a leading Homeric scholar.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• CONTENTS


• Foreword, by Ian Morris


• Introduction


• The Odyssey


• Notes

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascomb Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His translation of The Iliad (2013) was also published by Oxford University Press.

Zusammenfassung

Poet and Homeric scholar Barry B. Powell offers a major new translation of this enduring epic poem.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Homer, Barry B Powell, Barry B. Powell, Barry B. (TRN) Powell
• Mitarbeit: Homer (Übersetzung), Barry B Powell (Übersetzung), Barry B. Powell (Übersetzung), Barry B. (Halls-Bascomb Professor of Classics Emeritus Powell (Übersetzung), Halls-Bascomb Professor of Classics Emeritus Barry B (University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison Powell (Übersetzung), Powell Barry B. (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780199360314
• ISBN: 978-0-19-936031-4
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Märchen, Sagen, Legenden; POETRY / General, Poetry, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Ancient, Myth & legend told as fiction, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales