|
The Odyssey (The English Verse Translation of Alexander Pope) |  | Author: Homer
Publisher: Neeland Media LLC
Category: eBooks
This item is no longer available
Rating:  155 reviews
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
Publication Date: March 29, 2004
| | |
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book.
Product Description
If The Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, then The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. Odysseus's reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.
Translated by Robert Fagles
Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 155
 Great Service! August 27, 2010
Michigan
Fast shipping-- I ordered wednesday night and received my books(also ordered The Iliad- same translation) on friday morning. Books came new and exactly as advertised. Very pleased!!
school project August 8, 2010
Kathryn Eleanor Markway (PHOENIX, AZ, US)
The book arrived in very good shape however it was shipped through 2 places before it arrived.
Good book August 1, 2010
Kevs
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is in great condition. It's been written in it, but nothing too ridiculous. All the pages are in fantastic condition.
Good purchase, but long time for delivery July 29, 2010
Fran (Princeton, NJ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I already gave up on receiving the item - and then, weeks after the purchase - it arrived... well the item is in good condition and as discribed. Thanks.
Odyssey July 13, 2010
RDecker55
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was listed as close to new, but appearance seemed to be new. Definitely use this seller again.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 155
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. Poetry Books | |
