About this work of literary fiction
The Odyssey by Homer is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the men whose lands he saw and came to know their thinking: many too the miseries at sea which he suffered in his heart, as he sought to win his own life and the safe return of his companions.' Recounting the epic journey home of Odysseus from the Trojan War, The Odyssey - alongside its sister poem The Iliad - stands as the well-spring of Western Civilisation and culture, an inspiration to poets, writers and thinkers for thousands of years since. This authoritative prose translation by Martin Hammond brings Homer's great poem of homecoming to life as Odysseus battles through such familiar dangers as the cave of the Cyclops, the call of the Sirens and his hostile reception back in his native land of Ithaca. ** Review An excellent version... it may well prove the translation for this and the next generation. Sir Roger Tomkys, Anglo-Hellenic Review Hammond's admirable translation...is remarkably successful in combining accuracy with a lively and highly readable style A.F.Garvie, Classical Review Martin Hammond's new version is clearly a labo
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Homer
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472527639
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- History, Poetry, Literary Criticism