The Odyssey
Published on 5. March 1998
505 pages
978-0-19-160544-4 (ISBN)
Description
This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his wife Penelope. Odysseus's account of his adventures since leaving Troy includes his encounter with the enchantress Circe, his visit to the Underworld, and the lure of the Sirens.
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- Cover
- Copyright Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction by G. S. Kirk
- Acknowledgements
- THE ODYSSEY
- I Gods in council - Telemachus and Athene
- II Telemachus defies the suitors
- III Telemachus, Athene, Nestor
- IV Telemachus, Menelaus, Helen
- V Hermes and Calypso - Odysseus released and wrecked
- VI Nausicaa
- VII Odysseus as guest of Alcinous
- VIII Phaeacian games, dancing, poems
- IX Odysseus begins his tale - The Cyclops
- X Circe
- XI Odysseus among the ghosts
- XII Scylla and Charybdis - The cattle of the sun
- XIII Odysseus returns to Ithaca
- XIV Odysseus with the swineherd
- XV Telemachus returns to Ithaca
- XVI Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus
- XVII The king as beggar
- XVIII The beggar praised and mocked
- XIX The Queen and the beggar - The nurse knows her master
- XX Odysseus insulted and protected
- XXI The contest of the bow
- XXII Vengeance on the suitors
- XXIII Penelope doubts and believes
- XXIV The suitors join the ghosts - Odysseus and Laertes - The battle renewed and ended
- Epilogue on translation
- Glossary and index of names
- Maps of real places
- Footnotes
