| Homer: Odyssey IX Contributor(s): Homer (Author), Muir, J. V. |
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ISBN: 0906515610 ISBN-13: 9780906515617 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 Annotation: These volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| Series: Bcp Greek Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.72" W x 5.84" (0.26 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edition of one of the most enduringly popular and familiar books of the Odyssey - the encounter of Odysseus and his men with the cannibal Cyclops Polyphemos - grew out of the classes taken at the Joint Association of Classics Greek Summer School, where students who had completed a beginners' course were making their first acquaintance with Homeric verse. The complete text of the book, with generous narrative headings, and illustrations from Greek art, is complemented by a running vocabulary and translation assistance on facing pages. The brief introduction deals with the composition of the Homeric poems, with the story of the Odyssey as a whole and this book in particular. It considers the peculiarities of Homeric dialect forms and the scansion of hexameter verse. The book is ideal for all those tackling Homer for the first time, and is suitable for use in schools and upwards. |