The Odyssey...

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The Odyssey; Volume 2 Of The Odyssey Of Homer; Homer; The Odyssey; William Cullen Bryant

Homer

William Cullen Bryant

J.R. Osgod, 1872

Literary Criticism; Ancient & Classical; Epic poetry, Greek; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical; Odysseus (Greek mythology)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1279725648
• ISBN13: 9781279725641
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

“I long to be homeward bound,” Simon and Garfunkel

The Trojan War is over, and one of our hero kings is lost. His son (Telemachus) travels to find any information about his father’s fate. His wife (Penelope) must cunningly hold off suitors who are eating them out of house and home. If he ever makes it home, Odysseus will have to detect those servants loyal from those who are not. One absent king against rows of suitors; how will he give them their just desserts? We look to Bright-Eyed Pallas Athena to help prophecy come true. Interestingly, all the tales of monsters and gods on the sea voyage were told by Odysseus. Notice that no one else survives to tell the tale. Therefore, we have to rely on Odysseus’s word. Many movies took sections of The Odyssey and expanded them into interesting stories in their own right. Not just the story but also how it is told will keep you up late at night reading. It is a tear-jerker when Odysseus returns, 20 years later, and the only one to recognize him is Argos, his faithful dog, who lived long enough to see him. Upon seeing his master return home, Argos dies. You will, of course, want to buy the various translations to see the differences in reading style and content.