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The odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Series: Penguin classicsPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2006Description: x, 541 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0143039954
  • 9780143039952
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 883.01 HOM 22
Contents:
Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince --Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece --
Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince --Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave --
Bewitching queen of Aeaea --
Kingdom of the dead --
Cattle of the sun --
Ithaca at last --
Loyal swineherd --
Prince sets sail for home --
Father and son --
Stranger at the gates --
Beggar-king of Ithaca --
Penelope and her guest --
Portents gather --
Odysseus strings his bow --
Slaughter in the hall --
Great rooted bed --
Peace.

Text in English ; translated from original Ancient Greek.

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