Odyssey, Volume II: Books 13-24 / Edition 1

by Homer, A. T. Murray, George E. Dimock

Overview

The hero’s journey home from war.

Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus’ long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. Homer’s classic poem features Odysseus’ encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wily Circe; the Lotus-eaters, who fed his men their memory-stealing drug; the man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops; the Laestrygonian giants; the souls of the dead in Hades; the beguiling Sirens; the treacherous Scylla and Charybdis. Here, too, is the hero’s faithful wife, Penelope, weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night, in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseus’ place.

The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and Iliad. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock has brought the Loeb’s Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray’s admirable style but is worded for today’s readers. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674995628
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1919
Series:	Loeb Classical Library , #105
Edition description:	13 printings/1st pub.1919-rev.1995/2ed
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	507,697
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 6.38(h) x 0.90(d)
Language:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

About the Author

Augustus Taber Murray (1866–1940) was Professor of Greek at Stanford University.

George Edward Dimock (1917–2000) was Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at Smith College.

Table of Contents

Odyssey

Book 13

Book 14

Book 15

Book 16

Book 17

Book 18

Book 19

Book 20

Book 21

Book 22

Book 23

Book 24

Index

Editorial Reviews

**** A show stopper--a classic work: the edition translated by A.T. Murray that is cited in BCL3 (this revision is by by George E. Dimock). This set is in the handy, even cuddly, standard Loeb...Library format (4.5 x 6.5"). The facing Greek and English text is crisply printed on soothing off-white paper, and Smythe-sewn. Blurbed as if it were a pulp novel, the promotional copy reads: beautiful nymph...wily Circe...beguiling sirens...faithful wife. New introduction, notes, index. A humble price at $17 per volume. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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