The Essential Odyssey
Published on 15. September 2007
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-87220-900-8 (ISBN)
Description
This generous abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's translation of the Odyssey offers more than half of the epic, including all of its best-known episodes and finest poetry, while providing concise summaries for omitted books and passages. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction, a shortened version of her essay for the unabridged edition, is ideal for readers new to this remarkable tale of the homecoming of Odysseus.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
1 map, line
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87220-900-8 (9780872209008)
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Persons
Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. His previous translations include Homer's Iliad (1997, Hackett) and Odyssey (2000, Hackett), Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony (1993, Hackett), and Sappho, Poems and Fragments (2002, Hackett), a PEN Center USA 2003 Literary Award Finalist.
Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.