Homer: Odyssey: Books I and II

by Liverpool University Press

Overview

This edition is produced with particular concern for the student coming to Homer for the first time. The text is given with facing translation and commentary, but the usual apparatus criticus at the bottom of each page is replaced by brief notes on Homeric language. This makes the text considerably more accessible for those without Homeric Greek.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780856684692
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	Aris and Phillips Classical Texts
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics representthe beginning of the Western canon, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.

Martin Hammond was Head of Classics and Master in College at Eton College. He was also Headmster of City of London School, andTonbridge School, Kent. His acclaimed translation of the Iliad was published by Penguin Classics.

Jasper Griffin is Professor of Classical Literature at Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction by Jasper Griffin
Suggestions for further reading
A note on the Greek text
The Odyssey
Book 1 The Gods, Athene and Telemachos
Book 2 Telemachos and the Suitors
Book 3 Telemachos in Pylos
Book 4 Telemachos in Sparta
Book 5 Odysseus and Kalypso
Book 6 Nausikaä
Book 7 Odysseus in Phaiacia
Book 8 Phaiacian Games and Song
Book 9 The Cyclops
Book 10 Kirke
Book 11 The Underworld
Book 12 Skylla and Charybdis
Book 13 Return to Ithaka
Book 14 Odysseus and Eumaios
Book 15 Telemachos Returns
Book 16 Odysseus and Telemachos
Book 17 Odysseus Comes to his House
Book 18 Odysseus as Beggar
Book 19 Eurykleia Recognises Odysseus
Book 20 Insults and Omens
Book 21 The Trial of the Bow
Book 22 The Suitors Killed
Book 23 Odysseus and Penelope
Book 24 The Underworld, Laertes, Peace
Index