| Description |
xlviii, 418 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Johns Hopkins new translations from antiquity |
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Johns Hopkins new translations from antiquity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-418). |
| Contents |
Trouble at home -- A gathering and a parting -- In the Great Hall of Nestor -- With Menelaos and Helen -- A raft on the high seas -- Laundry friends -- The warmest welcome -- Songs, challenges, dances, and gifts -- A battle, the Lotos, and a savage's cave -- Mad winds, laistrugonians, and an enchantress -- The land of the dead -- Evil song, a deadly strait, and forbidden herds -- A strange arrival home -- The house of the Swineherd -- Son and father converging -- Father and son reunited -- Unknown in his own house -- Fights in the Great Hall -- Memory and dream in the palace -- Dawn of the death-day -- The stringing of the bow -- Revenge in the Great Hall -- Husband and wife at last -- Last tensions and peace. |
| Subject |
Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry.
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Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
McCrorie, Edward.
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Martin, Richard P.
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| Added Title |
Odyssey. English
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| ISBN |
0801868548 (acid-free paper) |
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