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1) The Odyssey
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Series
Language
English
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Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the "complicated"...
2) La Odisea
Author
Pub. Date
20??
Language
Español
Description
Las andanzas y aventuras de Odiseo, vividas en el lapso de diez años que duró su regreso al hogar tras una activa participación en la guerra de Troya, conforman la apretada trama, casi novelesca, de uno de los grandes monumentos de nuestro patrimonio intelectual. Probablemente compuesta a fines del siglo VIII a.C., la Odisea nos adentra en un mundo real, el Mediterráneo antiguo, pero repleto de peligros y poblado por seres fabulosos: magas, ninfas,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return. Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.
Author
Series
Usborne young reading volume series 2
Language
English
Description
Retelling of the wanderings of Ulysses based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
14) Cyclops
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Describes the encounter between the cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus and his men after the end of the Trojan War.
Author
Series
Myth-o-mania volume 10
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this humorous version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home from Troy.
18) The odyssey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Homer's epic that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
19) Chapman's Homer
Author
Series
Bollingen volume 41
Pub. Date
1998-2000.
Edition
First Princeton paperback edition.
Language
English
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