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The Odyssey of Homer - The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXII (in 51 Volumes) (Hardcover)
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The Odyssey of Homer - The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXII (in 51 Volumes) (Hardcover)
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Translator name not noted above: Andrew Lang. Originally published
between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this
stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from
literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by
American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard
University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's
Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic
liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of
works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXII
features a translation by Irish scholar SAMUEL HENRY BUTCHER
(1850-1910) and Scottish academic ANDREW LANG (1844-1912) of the
epic 8th-century BC Greek adventure The Odyssey, attributed to the
poet Homer but originally told in oral form. The foundational text
not merely of modern literature but of all of Western civilization,
it is the story of the nine-year journey of the soldier Odysseus as
he returns home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Nearly three
thousand years after it was first written, it remains as
entertaining as it is edifying, and it absolutely required reading
for anyone who wishes to be considered truly educated and literate.
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