Homer: The Odyssey (Landmarks of World Literature)
by Jasper Griffin
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This handy guide to The Odyssey will introduce students to a text, which has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years. Readers will be introduced to the world in that the Odyssey was produced, to the text itself and to its origins in oral poetry. This volume gives a summary of the poem and examines its structure. The unity, values and techniques of the poem are clearly outlined, as are the reasons for its longstanding appeal. This guide delves into the diverse world of the story; show more that of monsters, gods, and enchantresses which interacts with the very different world of the home, marriage and the family. Students will be introduced to the essential themes of loyalty and betrayal, and guided through the narrative of Odysseus' adventures, which also illustrate the workings of the world and the justice of heaven. Readers will also find a very helpful guide to further reading. show lessTags
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Jasper Griffin is Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford and Fellow of Balliol College.
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The Odyssey by Homer
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Homer; Alexander Pope
- First words
- The two great epics which go under the name of Homer bring European literature into existence with a bang.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 883.01 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction Pseudo-Callisthenes
- LCC
- PA4167 .G75 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Individual authors Homer
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
