Author:
Homer
Title:
The Odyssey
Language:
en
Original publication date:
00008th - 7th c. BCE 1965 (Eng
Characters:
Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, Athena, Nausicaa, Circe, Calypso, Polyphemus (Cyclops), Achilles (shade),
Book awards:
National Book Award finalist (Translation, 1968) Richmond Lattimore, Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year (1996.6|[trans.Robert Fagles] Fiction (5), 1996), Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing,
Dedication:
For LynneFagles translation (1996)
First words: Sing to me of a man, Muse, the man of twists and turnsdriven time and again off course, once he had plunderedthe hallowed heights of Troy.(translation by Robert Fagles, 1996)
Last words: And Athena handed down her pacts of peacebetween both sides for all the years to come - the daughter of Zeus whose shield is storm and thunder,yes, but the goddess still kept Mentor's build and voice.
Blurbers: Hughes, Ted (Fagles' 1996 translation), Jenkyns, Richard (Fagles' 1996 translation), Green, Peter (Fagles' 1996 translation), Wills, Garry (Fagles' 1996 translation), Balmer, Josephine (Fagles
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ISBNs:
0023991410 0060125314 0060904798 0060931671 0060931957 006124418X
Format:
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Size: 698 kb
