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One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, the Homeric saga of the shipwrecks, wanderings, and homecoming of the master tactician Odysseus encompasses a virtual inventory of the themes and attitudes that have shaped Western culture. The tale of Odysseus' s encounters with such obstacles as Calypso, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, and the lotus-eaters, and his dramatic return to Ithaca and his patient wife, Penelope, forms a prototype for all subsequent Western epics. Robert Fitzgerald' s much-acclaimed translation, fully possessing as it does the body and spirit of the original, has helped to assure the continuing vitality of Europe' s most influential work of poetry. This edition includes twenty-five new line drawings by Barnaby Fitzgerald.

ISBN-13

9780192741837

ISBN-10

0192741837

Weight

0.85 Pounds

Dimensions

7.75 x 0.25 x 11.00 In

List Price

$12.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

96 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

1999-05-06



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