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The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece... After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son. Brilliantly retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Homer
- ISBN: 9780140383096
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.00 x 0.40
- Number Of Pages: 112
- Publication Year: 1997
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A breath of fresh air for a classic story
null null. - 6 months agoEmily Wilson set out with the challenge of translating "The Odyssey" in the same number of lines as Homer's original epic poem. She doubled this challenge by insisting upon using actual poetry format and iambic pentameter- something that most modern translations do not commit to. Despite these constraints, Emily Wilson has written a translation that is both understandable to a modern audience while also providing the weight of the emotions felt by the characters. "The Odyssey" is a story I had read many times for my Classics degree, but never has a translation felt as full of life and color as Emily Wilson's. It is a brilliant translation for the modern era while feeling the most like the cadence of the epic poem a translation ever has.
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