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Zusatztext Barry Powell, the master of classical mythology, has done it again - a powerful translation of the poem that started European literature. His muscular verses are faithful to the original Greek but bring the characters to life. This is a page-turner, bound to become the new standard. Informationen zum Autor BARRY B. POWELL is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught for thirty-four years. He is the author of the widely used textbook Classical Myth (8th edition, 2014). His A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001, translated into German) is a summary study of the topic. Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991) advances the thesis that a single man invented the Greek alphabet expressly in order to record the poems of Homer. Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2003) develops the consequence of this thesis. Powell's critical study Homer (2nd edition, 2004, translated into Italian) is widely read as an introduction for philologists, historians, and students of literature. A New Companion to Homer (1997, with Ian Morris, translated into modern Greek) is a comprehensive review of modern scholarship on Homer. Powell's Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization (2009, translated into Arabic and modern Greek). Klappentext The Odyssey is one of the world's greatest and best loved poems. It has inspired painters, poets, sculptors, and screenwriters; and now Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a powerful new translation. Zusammenfassung The Odyssey is one of the world's greatest and best loved poems. It has inspired painters, poets, sculptors, and screenwriters; and now Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a powerful new translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Book 1: Telemachos in Ithaca Book 2: Telemachos Calls an Assembly Book 3: Telemachos in Pylos Book 4: Telemachos in Sparta Book 5: Odysseus and Kalypso Book 6: Odysseus and Nausicaä Book 7: Odysseus in the Phaeacian Court Book 8: The Stranger in Town Book 9: Odysseus in the Cave of Cyclops Book 10: Odysseus and Kirkê Book 11: Odysseus in the Underworld Book 12: Odysseus on the Island of the Sun Book 13: Home at Last Book 14: Odysseus in the Pig Herder's Hut Book 15: The Pig Herder's Tale Book 16: Father and Son Book 17: The Faithful Dog Argos Book 18: Presents from the Suitors Book 19: Odysseus' Scar Book 20: A Vision of Doom Book 21: The Contest of the Bow Book 22: The Slaughter of the Suitors Book 23: Husband and Wife Book 24: Father and Son ...
