The Odyssey - Translation, Introduction, and Notes by Barry B. Powell (Paperback)

The Odyssey is one of the world's greatest and best-loved poems. It has survived for twenty-eight centuries, through upheavals that have wiped out most of what was written in the ancient world. Now Barry B. Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a powerful new translation.
Powell's translation renders the Homeric Greek with a simplicity and dignity reminiscent of the original. The text immediately engrosses students with its tight and balanced rhythms, while the incantatory repetitions evoke a continuous "stream of sound" that offers as good an impression of Homer's Greek as one could hope to attain without learning the language. Accessible, poetic, and accurate, this translation is an excellent fit for today's students. Powell exposes them to all of the adventure, cunning, pathos, and humor that are Homer's Odyssey.
FEATURES
* Uses well-modulated verse and accurate English that is contemporary but never without dignity
* Powell's introduction sets the poem in its philological, mythological, and historical contexts
* Embedded illustrations accompanied by extensive captions provide Greek and Roman visual sources for key passages in each of the poem's twenty-four books
* Six maps (the most of any available translation) provide geographic context for the poem's many place names
* Audio recordings (read by Powell) of important passages are available on the book's Companion Website and indicated in the text margin by an icon

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
Authors:	Barry B. Powell
Dimensions:	234 x 166 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	488
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-992588-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval Promotions
LSN:	0-19-992588-7
Barcode:	9780199925889

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