The Odyssey Contributor(s): Homer (Author), Rieu, E. V. (Translator), Rieu, D. C. H. (Revised by) |
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ISBN: 0140449116 ISBN-13: 9780140449112 Publisher: Penguin Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2003 Annotation: The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Click for more in this series: Penguin Classics |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Poetry | Epic |
Dewey: 883 |
LCCN: 2003269463 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available) |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.06" W x 7.96" L (0.70 lbs) 416 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Features: Glossary, Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: The epic tale of Odysseus's journey home - one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' 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. E. V. Rieu's translation has long been beloved and celebrated by scholars and readers alike, and for this Penguin Classics edition, classicist D. C. H. Rieu has revised the work of his father. This edition also includes an introduction by Peter V. Jones. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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