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With the Trojan war finally over after many long years, Odysseus wants nothingmore than a swift journey home where his throne and beloved wife, Penelope, await him. ButPoseidon, the sea god, bears a grudge against him and plans to prevent his return across thewine-dark sea to Ithaca. Many tests of strength and character ensue as Odysseus''s journeystretches out over the years, taking in a multitude of strange and wonderful places andcreatures. That''s the basic plot of the epic poem Homer told nearly 3,000 years ago, but, evennow, a new English translation is a true literary event. The ancient story is told in easy-going,beautiful poetry, the characters speak naturally and the action moves along briskly. Even thegods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they constantly exercise. TheOdyssey really is a gripping, fast-moving read.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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When Robert Fagles'' translation of the "Iliad" was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with the "Odyssey", Homer''s best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus'' wanderings after the "Trojan War". With wit and wile, the ''man of twists and turns'' meets the challenges of gods and monsters, only to return after twenty years to a home besieged by his wife''s suitors. In the myths and legends retold in this immortal poem, Fagles has captured the energy of Homer''s original in a bold, contemporary idiom. 作者简介
Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece.Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. Both works attributed to Homer ndash; The Iliad and The Odyssey ndash; are over ten thousand lines long in the original.Robert Fagles is Arthur W. Marks 1919 Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
| 出版社 | Penguin Usa |
|---|---|
| 作者 | Homer |