The Odyssey The Odyssey by Homer is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader including new scholarship thoughtful desi
The Odyssey, by Homer, is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics New introductions commissioned from today s top writerThe Odyssey, by Homer, is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics New introductions commissioned from today s top writers and scholarsBiographies of the authorsChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural eventsFootnotes and endnotesSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the workComments by other famous authorsStudy questions to challenge the reader s viewpoints and expectationsBibliographies for further readingIndices and glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications some include illustrations of historical interest Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader s understanding of these enduring works.Long before The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, the ancient Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey Crowded with characters, both human and non human, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever faithful wife, Penelope Along the way he encounters the seductive Circe, who changes men into swine the gorgeous water nymph, Calypso, who keeps him a prisoner of love for seven years the terrible, one eyed, man eating giant Cyclops and a host of other ogres, wizards, sirens, and gods But when he finally reaches Ithaca after ten years of travel, his trials have only begun There he must battle the scheming noblemen who, thinking him dead, have demanded that Penelope choose one of them to be her new husband and Ithaca s new king.Often called the second work of Western literature The Iliad, also by Homer, being the first , The Odyssey is not only a rousing adventure drama, but also a profound meditation on courage, loyalty, family, fate, and undying love More than three thousand years old, it was the first story to delineate carefully and exhaustively a single character arc a narrative structure that serves as the foundation and heart of the modern novel Robert Squillace s revision of George Herbert Palmer s classic prose translation captures the drama and vitality of adventure, while remaining true to the original Homeric language.Robert Squillace teaches in the Cultural Foundations division of New York University s General Studies Program He has published numerous essays on literature and the book Modernism, Modernity and Arnold Bennett.
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In the Western classical tradition, Homer Greek is considered the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is unknown Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE, while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BCE Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BCE.The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece Homer s works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.