Odyssey . Volume II : Books 13-24 / / edited by Augustus Taber Murray, George Edward Dimock

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 1919
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Disciplina: 883.0
• Soggetto topico: Epic poetry, Greek
• Persona (resp. second.): MurrayAugustus Taber; DimockGeorge Edward
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: The 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Odyssey
• ISBN: 0-674-99562-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996199240303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno