Homer Homer

'You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...' The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Next to nothing is known about Homer's life. His works available in Penguin Classics are The Homeric Hymns, The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Hesiod: "Works and Days", "The Theogony", fragments of "The Catalogues of Women and the Eoiae", "The Shield of Heracles" (attributed to Hesiod), and fragments of various works attributed to Hesiod. Homer: "The Homeric Hymns", "The Epigrams of Homer" (both attributed to Homer). Various: Fragments of the Epic Cycle (parts of which are sometimes attributed to Homer), fragments of other epic poems attributed to Homer, "The Battle of Frogs and Mice", and "The Contest of Homer and Hesiod". Hesiod lived in the 8th century BCE, probably about the same time or shortly after Homer. He refers to himself as a farmer in Boeotia, a region of central Greece, but other than that we know little. His poetry codified the chronology and genealogy of the Greek myths. Works and Days and the Theogony are the only two complete works we have of Hesiod, other than the first few lines of a poem called the Shield of Heracles. In Works and Days Hesiod divided time into five ages:--the Golden age, ruled by Cronos, when people lived extremely long lives 'without sorrow of heart'; the Silver age, ruled by Zeus; the Bronze age, an epoch of war; the Heroic age, the time of the Trojan war; and lastly the Iron age, the corrupt present. This is similar to Hindu and Buddhist concepts of the Kali Yuga. The idea of a Golden Age has likewise had a profound impact on western thought. Works and Days also discusses pagan ethics, extols hard work, and lists lucky and unlucky days of the month for various activities. The Theogony presents the descent of the gods, and, along with the works of Homer, is one of the key source documents for Greek mythology; it is the Genesis of Greek mythology. It gives the clearest presentation of the Greek pagan creation myth, starting with the creatrix goddesses Chaos and Earth, from whom descended all the gods and men; it mentions hundreds of individual gods, goddesses, demi-gods, elementals and heroes.

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world's greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion. The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars to his beloved wife, Penelope. Though the stormy god of the ocean has sworn vengeance against him, and witches and sirens try to lure him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side.

Préface Vous vous apprêtez à lire les derniers moments de la guerre de Troie ainsi que le retour d'Ulysse de cette guerre à sa patrie natale, l'île d'Ithaque. Ce document est basé sur le livre du même nom, copyright 1956 Édition des Deux Coqs d'Or, Paris, adapté du poème original d'Homère par Jane Werner Watson et illustré de magnifique façon par Alice et Martin Provensen. J'ai conçu ce document et le site Internet associé dans un but tout simple : communiquer et transmettre aux autres mon amour pour cette histoire et ce livre avec lesquels j'ai grandi pendant toutes ces années, à Athènes en Grèce. Je vous souhaite donc une agréable lecture… Jean-Philippe Marin

Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Danish version of The Illiad of Homer, translated by Otto Sten Due Sagnet om prins Paris, hvis bortførelse af den smukke Helene, gift med spartanerkongen Menelaos, bliver optakten til den bitre 10 år lange hævnkrig ved Troja.

'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 safety 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.

Nearly three thousand years after they were composed, The Iliad and The Odyssey remain two of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told, yet next to nothing is known about their author. He was certainly an accomplished Greek bard, and he probably lived in the late eighth and early seventh centuries BCE Authorship is traditionally ascribed to a blind poet named Homer, and it is under this name that the works are still published. Greeks of the third and second centuries BCE, however, already questioned whether Homer existed and whether the two epics were even written by a single individual.Most modern scholars believe that even if a single person wrote the epics, his work owed a tremendous debt to a long tradition of unwritten, oral poetry. Stories of a glorious expedition to the East and of its leaders’ fateful journeys home had been circulating in Greece for hundreds of years before The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed. Casual storytellers and semiprofessional minstrels passed these stories down through generations, with each artist developing and polishing the story as he told it. According to this theory, one poet, multiple poets working in collaboration, or perhaps even a series of poets handing down their work in succession finally turned these stories into written works, again with each adding his own touch and expanding or contracting certain episodes in the overall narrative to fit his taste.

"Gripping. . . . Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task. . . . [He] manages to be respectful of Homer's dire spirit while providing on nearly every page some wonderfully fresh refashioning of his Greek. The result is a vivid and disarmingly hardbitten reworking of a great classic." —Daniel Mendelsohn, The New York Times Book Review

A Ilíada é o primeiro livro da literatura europeia e, sob certo ponto de vista, nenhum outro livro que se lhe tenha seguido conseguiu superá-la – nem mesmo a Odisseia. Lida hoje, no século XXI depois de Cristo, a Ilíada mantém inalterada a sua capacidade de comover e de perturbar. As civilizações passam, mas a cultura sobrevive? É nesse sentido que parece apontar a mensagem deste extraordinário poema épico, que decorre durante o décimo ano da guerra de Tróia, tratando da ira, do heroísmo e das aventuras e desventuras de Aquiles (em luta contra Agamémnon), apresentando-nos personagens como Heitor, Eneias, Helena, Ájax e Menelau, bem como episódios que marcam toda a história da nossa civilização. Nas palavras de Frederico Lourenço, é um «canto de sangue e lágrimas, em que os próprios deuses são feridos e os cavalos do maior herói choram». «A Ilíada, primeiro livro da literatura europeia, terá surgido no século VIII a.C., no fim de uma longa tradição épica oral; extraordinário canto de sangue e lágrimas, em que os próprios deuses são feridos e os cavalos do maior herói choram, este poema de guerra em 24 cantos mantém inalterada a sua capacidade esmagadora de comover e perturbar. O título remete imediatamente para Ílio ou Ílion – Tróia – e, embora tivesse sido possível, num poema com 16.000 versos, narrar toda a guerra de Tróia, Homero isola um período de pouco mais de cinquenta dias, já na fase final das hostilidades, do qual nos descreve, em termos de acção efectivamente narrada, catorze dias. Concentra, assim, simbolicamente uma guerra de dez anos em duas semanas. Repetindo a proeza alcançada com a sua magnífica Odisseia, Frederico Lourenço oferece-nos agora a primeira tradução integral portuguesa, em verso, desta obra máxima da literatura mundial.»

[Caixa | Volume I | Volume II] Neste primeiro volume estão compreendidos os doze primeiros Cantos (Rapsódias) do poema homérico. Com esta obra, Haroldo de Campos realiza o mesmo prodígio que, de certo modo, é a utopia de todo tradutor: nos leva a reler o original com base na tradução. Ou seja, seu translado transpõe o campo recreativo para atingir o horizonte da redescoberta.

[Caixa | Volume I | Volume II] Se os doze primeiro cantos de Ilíada têm, como núcleo central, a retirada do ´melhor dos Aqueus´, Aquiles, da guerra de Tróia, os doze finais gravitam em torno da volta do herói ao campo de batalha. Com esta obra, Haroldo de Campos realiza o mesmo prodígio que, de certo modo, é a utopia de todo tradutor: nos leva a reler o original com base na tradução. Ou seja, seu translado transpõe o campo recriativo para atingir o horizonte da redescoberta.

Šis epas - vienas iš seniausių antikinės Graikijos kultūros paminklų, sukurtas IX-VIII a. pr. Kr. legendinio dainiaus Homero. Epo veiksmą sudaro karo tarp graikų achajų ir Trojos gyventojų epizodas. Jame daug ką nulemia Achilo ginčas su achajų vadu Agamemnonu, atėmusiu gražiąją belaisvę Briseidę.

Il libro presenta l'edizione dell'Iliade, il più antico poema della civiltà occidentale, commentata e curata da Maria Grazia Ciani, docente di storia della filologia e della tradizione classica presso l'Università di Padova.

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.

No home library is complete without the classics! Iliad & Odyssey brings together the two essential Greek epics from the poet Homer in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition-a keepsake to be read and treasured. The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the oldest works of western literature--yet these ancient myths still offer powerful lessons for our times. From the fascinating fall of Troy to Odysseus' perilous journey home, from the gods and goddesses to the Sirens and the suitors, the events and characters of these epic tales captivate us, teach us, and inspire us. Their influence can be seen far and wide, from James Joyce's Ulysses to the movie sensation Troy , starring Brad Pitt. Whether you've read Homer's original stories or you've only enjoyed their modern-day descendants, you'll love this Canterbury Classics edition of Iliad & Odyssey . The perfect book to complete any bookshelf, Iliad & Odyssey features an eye-catching leather-bound cover with gold foil stamping, as well as fine ivory paper with gilded edges. You'll be moved by these magical works, and then delight in displaying this beautiful book in your home. A classic keepsake for fans of Greek mythology, as well as all great literature, Iliad & Odyssey is the perfect addition to any library.

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Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Het beleg van Troje sleept zich al vele jaren voort en het ziet er niet naar uit dat de Grieken dicht bij een overwinning zijn. Hun grootste held Achilleus heeft zich na een ruzie met legerleider Agamemnon teruggetrokken uit de oorlog. Pas als zijn geliefde Patroklos is gesneuveld (in de wapenrusting van Achilleus), werpt hij zich weer in de strijd, om hem te wreken. In een tweegevecht doodt hij de Trojaanse leider Hektor, waarna hij het lijk achter zijn wagen drie keer rond Troje (Ilios) en daarna naar het Griekse kamp sleept. De vele beroemde passages, zoals het afscheid van Hektor en Andromache, de dood van Patroklos, de smeekbede van koning Priamos om het lijk van zijn zoon Hektor, de beschrijving van het schild van Achilleus, en de ruziënde goden, zijn nu te lezen in een sprankelende nieuwe vertaling.

Radnja Ilijade događa se poslednje, tj. desete godine trojanskog rata. Ona opeva srdnju Ahilejevu i njene posledice do sahrane Hektorove. Prema sadržaju mogu se razlikovati četiri dela Ilijade: u prvom delu, uvodu, peva se kako se Ahilej razgnevio što mu je Agamemnon, vrhovni vojskovođa, oteo robinju Brisejidu; u drugom delu opevaju se ahajske borbe s Trojancima dok se Ahilej gnevi; u trećem delu kako se Ahilej pomirio s Agamemnonom i polazi ponovo u borbu; u četvrtom se kazuje kako je Prijam otkupio Hektora. Homerov stih, koga nema ni u jednoj drugoj književnosti, nikad nije dosadan; on je čudesno elastičan, neprestano se menja, a ipak ostaje svagda jednak.

I za Grke, kao i za nas, na početku književnosti bio je Homer. Istina, Grci su imali nejasna sjećanja na polumitske pjevače i pjesnike poput Orfeja, Museja, Olimpa ili Lina, ali to su i za njih bila samo imena problematične opstojnosti i nikakvih njihovih djela nisu poznavali. Homer tako i za nas ostaje prvi pjesnik europske književnosti, a njegovi su epovi Ilijada i Odiseja prva njezina djela. Tako bi se moglo reći da je Homer prva stvarno povijesna osoba, prvi stvaralac u europskoj književnosti od koga imamo cjelovita i značajna pjesnička djela - kad ne bi bilo paradoksalne činjenice da je baš taj praotac grčke i europske književne tradicije tako nejasan, neodređen, pa i problematičan, da se oko pitanja o njegovoj povijesnosti razvilo ono što se naziva homerskim pitanjem.

'İlyada ve Odysseia', Egeli bir ozan olan 'Homeros'un yarattığı iki büyük destandır. 'Homeros', sözlü edebiyat geleneğini sürdüren bir ozandı. Bu destanları İsa'dan önce dokuzuncu yüzyılda yarattığı sanılıyor. Yazılışı, kaleme alınışı daha sonradır. Bu İzmirli büyük ozan, "İlyada"da, Troya Kenti'nin destanını anlatır. Troya Kenti, Çanakkale Boğazının Anadolu yakasında bugünkü adıyla Hisarlık Tepesine kurulu varlıklı bir kentti. Yunanistan'dan gelen Akhalar'ın saldırısına uğrar, bu savaşta iki toplum karşı karşıya gelir. Yurtları Anadolu'da bulunan Troyalılarla Yunanistan'dan gelen Akhalar Topluluğunun savaşıdır bu büyük destan. Akhalar Topluluğu Yunanistan'ın çeşitli bölge krallarından oluşmuş bir ordudur. Her kral, kendi gemileri ve adamlarıyla yola çıkmıştır ve bu ordular, krallar kralı Agamemnon'un yönetiminde birleşip örgütlenmişlerdir. Güçlüdürler. Akhalar, daha soylu, daha yürekli, daha akıllı ve daha örgütlüdürler. Ve savaşı kazanırlar. Troyalılar'ın yenilgisinin destanı olan 'İlyada', 24 bölümden ve 16.000'i aşkın dizeden oluşur. Troya Savaşının dokuzuncu yılında 51 günlük bir süreyi kapsar. Yani o büyük savaşın kısa bir kesitidir bu destan. Helence aslından, 'Azra Erhat'ın, A. Kadir'le birlikte yaptığı bu ölümsüz çeviriyi Can Yayınları olarak kıvançla yayımlıyoruz.

Consta el poema de 5675 hexámetros y describe solamente un episodio de la guerra, con una duración de cincuenta y un días, y haciendo especial énfasis en la disputa entre Aquiles y Agamenón, la cólera del primero y sus terribles consecuencias. El que pudiéramos llamar "ciclo troyano" comprende además de la Ilíada, los siguientes poemas: La Cípríada, Los Nostoí, Odísea (publicada también en esta colección) y La Telegonía.

Uno de los más grandes poemas épicos de todos los tiempos He aquí uno de los más grandes poemas épicos de todos los tiempos: Odisea. En él se narra el regreso del héroe, Odiseo, a su patria, Ítaca, después de la conquista de Troya. Compuesta como la Ilíada en hexámetros, recoge numerosos cuentos populares y leyendas que, adaptadas, se integran en la epopeya. De este modo, mientras que en la Ilíada el tema central, la cólera de Aquiles, va avanzando inexorablemente, verso a verso, desde su planteamiento hasta su desenlace, en Odisea el regreso del héroe es narrado, con arte magistral, sin recelar de las vueltas atrás o de las digresiones, porque el objetivo supremo es lograr mayor gozo en la narración de bellas historias. Todo ello se logra, además, sin que merme en absoluto la cohesión que mantiene unidos sus episodios.

« Il m'est difficile de montrer tout cela comme si j'étais un dieu », écrit Homère. Et pourtant. Voici le texte fondateur de toute la poésie épique occidentale et, plus encore, de toute littérature qui se veut poésie. Le récit transcende son sujet même : l'affrontement des Troyens et des Achéens, menés par les héros Hector et Achille, sous la tutelle des dieux. C'est qu'il exprime l'essence des passions humaines (la colère, la jalousie, l'envie), des conflits, de l'amitié, de l'héroïsme. C'est qu'il dit, de manière universelle, la peur et le courage face à la mort. « Zeus père, sauve du brouillard les fils des Achéens. Rends-nous le grand jour, donne à nos yeux de voir. Fais-nous mourir, puisqu'il te plaît, mais dans la lumière. » Chant XVII

Un prince a enlevé la femme d'un roi. Une armée de 120 000 hommes s'est rassemblée pour aller la chercher : le début de dix années de guerre et de souffrances... Puis chacun des chefs vainqueurs est rentré dans sa patrie. Poursuivi par la colère de Poséidon, l'un d'entre eux mettra dix ans pour retrouver son foyer, sa femme et son fils...

Dans la petite île d'Ithaque, Pénélope et son fils Télémaque attendent Ulysse, leur époux et père. Voilà vingt ans qu'il est parti pour Troie et qu'ils sont sans nouvelles de lui. De l'autre côté des mers, Ulysse a pris le chemin du retour depuis longtemps déjà. Mais les tempêtes, les monstres, les géants, les dieux parfois, l'arrêtent ou le détournent de sa route. Premier grand voyageur, Ulysse découvre l'Inconnu où naissent les rêves et les peurs des hommes depuis la nuit des temps ; l'Odyssée nous dit cette aventure au terme de laquelle le héros retrouve enfin, aux côtés de Pénélope, "la joie du lit ancien".

Junto con la “Ilíada”, la “Odisea” constituye una de las piedras angulares de la cultura occidental. El relato que hace Homero de las aventuras de Odiseo en su camino de regreso desde Troya hasta su patria, Ítaca, ha sido desde siempre una mina inagotable de motivos e imágenes para escritores y artistas. Episodios como el del encuentro con los Cíclopes y Polifemo, con las Sirenas, con la maga Circe o la ninfa Calipso, así como la venganza que Odiseo lleva a cabo sobre los pretendientes de su mujer, Penélope, son sólo algunas de las semillas que han fecundado sin cesar la imaginación de los hombres. La presente versión en prosa de la "Odisea", de tersura y elegancia extraordinarias, hace justicia a un relato inolvidable, cuyo protagonista, rico en recursos, se mueve por intereses y motivaciones cercanos a los del hombre y la mujer de todos los tiempos. Versión de Carlos García Gual

Odisėjas (gr. Ὀδυσσεὺς arba Λαερτιάδης) graikų mitologijoje – Laerto ir Antiklėjos sūnus, Itakėje ir aplinkinėse salose gyvenusių kefalėnų karalius, Penelopės vyras, Telemacho tėvas, Trojos karo didvyris. Odisėjas buvo vienas iš nesuskaičiuojamų valdovo dukters Helenės jaunikių, bet Helenei ištekėjus už Menelajo pasirinko jos pusseserę Penelopę. Odisėjas yra svarbus Homero „Iliados“ ir pagrindinis „Odisėjos“ herojus. „Odisėjoje“ aprašoma jo dešimt metų trukusi kelionė į namus po Trojos karo.

“A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —SUSAN CHIRA, New York Times Book Review, “New & Noteworthy”“‘Each generation must translate for itself,’ T. S. Eliot declared. Emily Wilson has convincingly answered this hers is a vital Odyssey for the twenty-first century that brings into rhythmic English the power, dignity, variety, and immediacy of this great poem.” —LAURA SLATKIN, New York University This Norton Critical Edition   Emily Wilson’s authoritative translation of Homer’s masterpiece, accompanied by her informative introduction, explanatory footnotes, and book-by-book summaries.Four maps, created especially for this translation.Contextual materials including sources and analogues by Homer, Sappho, Pindar, and others. Also included are carefully chosen passages from (mainly) ancient texts that provide insight into The Odyssey and its reception by Plato, Aristotle, Ovid, Pseudo-Longinus, Lucian, Apollodorus, Heraclitus, Porphyry, Proclus, Hyginus, Dante Alighieri, Alfred Lord Tennyson, C. P. Cavafy, Derek Walcott, and Margaret Atwood.Nine critical essays addressing key topics—composition; representation of religion and the gods; class and slavery; gender; colonization and the meaning of home; trickery, intelligence, and lying; and more— essential to the study of The Odyssey. Essays by Robert Fowler, Laurel Fulkerson, Barbara Graziosi, Laura M. Slatkin, Sheila Murnaghan, Patrice Rankine, Helene P. Foley, Egbert J. Bakker, and Lillian Eileen Doherty are included.A glossary and a list of suggested further readings.  About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

Secondo dei poemi omerici, l'Odissea è uno dei testi fondanti della civiltà greca e dell'intera cultura occidentale. All'eroismo guerriero dell'Iliade, fa seguire la narrazione del nosfos, il viaggio di ritorno a casa, di Odisseo, eroe versatile e temerario, forte di mille astuzie. Navigando verso Itaca, perdendo continuamente la strada a causa dell'ira degli dei, Odisseo si inoltra in un oltremondo fatto di oblìo, pericoli e terribili prove. Quando infine torna a varcare la soglia del suo palazzo è un uomo diverso, padrone del proprio destino, capace di resistere ai colpi della sorte. Il viaggio di Odisseo diventa così simbolo di un'aspirazione all'oltre che non conosce tregua, dell'affrancamento dell'uomo dalle proprie paure. Introduzione di Fausto Codino. Guida bibliografica ragionata di Claudio Bevegni. Dizionario dei luoghi e dei personaggi.

A narrativa do regresso de Ulisses a sua terra natal é uma obra de importância sem paralelos na tradição literária ocidental. Sua influência atravessa os séculos e se espalha por todas as formas de arte, dos primórdios do teatro e da ópera até a produção cinematográfica recente. Odisseia se tornou também um substantivo comum, que denomina jornadas marcadas por perigos e eventos inesperados, e Homero um adjetivo usado para relatar feitos grandiosos. Seus episódios e personagens - a esposa fiel Penélope, o filho virtuoso Telêmaco, a possessiva ninfa Calipso, as sedutoras e perigosas sereias - são parte integrante e indelével de nosso repertório cultural. O enredo pode ser resumido em poucas palavras. Em seu tratado conhecido como Poética, Aristóteles escreve: “Um homem encontra-se no estrangeiro há muitos anos; está sozinho e o deus Posêidon o mantém sob vigilância hostil. Em casa, os pretendentes à mão de sua mulher estão esgotando seus recursos e conspirando para matar seu filho. Então, após enfrentar tempestades e sofrer um naufrágio, ele volta para casa, dá-se a conhecer e ataca os pretendentes: ele sobrevive e os pretendentes são exterminados”. Esta edição de Odisseia traz uma excelente introdução de Bernard Knox, que enriquece o debate dos estudiosos mas principalmente serve de guia para estudantes e leitores, curiosos por conhecer o mais famoso épico de nossa literatura.

Opowieść o powrocie Odysa spod Troi. Homerycki epos o wytrwałości, losie, wierności - prototyp wszelkich przyszłych powieści fantastycznych i awanturniczo-przygodowych.

De Odyssee is het mooiste boek ooit over eilanden en ellende, over monsters en minnaars, over vaders en zonen, over een man en zijn vrouw. Met Odysseus verkent de lezer de oude wereld, op en rond de Middellandse Zee, en met hem vraagt hij zich af wat de brutaliteit van de Cycloop of het lied van de Sirenen voorstelt in het licht van de grote thuisreis. De lezer voelt mee met Telemachos, die zijn vader zoekt, verafschuwt de vrijers, sympathiseert met Penelope. En wacht met haar. Vierentwintig lange zangen lang leeft de lezer mee met de man die eindelijk thuis op Ithaka zijn plaats als vader, echtgenoot en vorst weer zal innemen. Met de Ilias in het achterhoofd, een verhaal vol macho’s en spierkracht, ontdekt de lezer in de Odyssee een andere wereld, die van volharding en denkkracht. Aanvaard met Odysseus de odyssee: de grote reis van elk mensenleven.

L'épopée d'Ulysse pour revenir de Troie, en Asie Mineure, jusqu'à sa terre natale, l'île d'Ithaque, dans la mer Ionienne, à l'ouest de la Grèce. Récit et conte merveilleux, cette épopée est, dans le monde antique, le texte fondateur source de toute culture. Des extraits des épisodes principaux avec des commentaires historiques, archéologiques et anthropologiques sur la Grèce antique.

Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ISBN: 1853260258 Odysseen er det ene av de to homeriske heltediktene og et av verdenslitteraturens store mesterverker. Både Iliaden og Odysseen henter sitt materiale fra fortellingene om grekernes krig med Troja. Mens Iliaden konsentrer seg om en enkelt episode under selve beleiringen av Troja . historien om Akillevs' vrede, følger Odysseen en av heltene, Odyssevs, på hans vidløftige hjemreise, en tilbaketur som skal vise seg å ta flere år. For farene og fallgruvene er mange: Odyssevs må kjempe mot enøyde kykloper, mot trollkvinner som vil forvandle mannskapet hans til griser, mot de uimotståelige sirenenes sang, mot nymfen Kalypso, som holder ham i fangenskap på sin øy, mot uhyrer og sjømonstre og andre hindre på veien. I mellomtiden løper hans kone Penelope en annen risiko hjemme på gården i Ithaka: Hun må stå imot presset fra de sleske frierne, som bruker alle midler nå som Odyssevs er ute av bildet. Odysseen er kort sagt en mangslungen røverhistorie på versemål, et heltedikt som inneholder et vell av kulturhistoriske referanser og litterære perler. P. Østbyes gjendiktning har for ettertiden blitt stående som en filologisk bragd.

Homeros (y. MÖ IX. yüzyıl): Hayatı hakkında kesin birbilgi olmamakla birlikte MÖ IX. yüzyılda Sakız Adası'nda yaşadığı sanılmaktadır. Eserleri Antik Yunan devletlerinde her tür bilginin kaynağı sayılan Homeros, İlyada ve Odysseia destanlarıyla edebiyatın hemen her türünü günümüze dek etkilemeyi başarmıştır. OdysseiaTroya Savaşı kahramanlarından Odysseus'un, ülkesi İthake'ye dönerken on yıl süren yolculuğunda yaşadığı maceraları anlatan büyük bir destandır. Gerek karakterlerinin, gerek kurgusunun modern romana yakınlığıyla bütün dünya edebiyatını etkilemiştir.

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Lombardo's Odyssey offers the distinctive speed, clarity, and boldness that so distinguished his 1997 Iliad . "[Lombardo] has brought his laconic wit and love of the ribald . . . to his version of the Odyssey . His carefully honed syntax gives the narrative energy and a whirlwind pace. The lines, rhythmic and clipped, have the tautness and force of Odysseus' bow." —Chris Hedges, The New York Times Book Review

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.

Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer's two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times. The Homeric Hymns are now known to be the work of various poets working in the same tradition, probably during the seventh and sixth centuries BC. They honor the Greek gods, and recount some of the most attractive of the Greek myths. Four of them (Hymns 2-5) stand out by reason of their length and quality. The Hymn to Demeter tells what happened when Hades, lord of the dead, abducted Persephone, Demeter's daughter. The Hymn to Apollo describes Apollo's birth and the foundation of his Delphic oracle. In the Hymn to Hermes Apollo's cattle are stolen by a felonious infant--Hermes, the god of thieves. In the Hymn to Aphrodite the goddess of love herself becomes infatuated with a mortal man, the Trojan prince Ankhises. This volume offers a faithful verse translation of all the hymns, Explanatory Notes, and a Glossary of Names. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with—questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls “an astonishing performance.”

Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war story, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war. Soldier and civilian, victor and vanquished, hero and coward, men, women, young, old—The Iliad evokes in poignant, searing detail the fate of every life ravaged by the Trojan War. And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages. Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander’s new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source—a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power.

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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.

"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translation—the gold standard for generations of students and general readers.This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century—while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verses—with their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greek—remain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book.The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes lived—and thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.

Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war story, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles’s award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature ONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles’s interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey , and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernard Knox. about The Odyssey

Pope laboured on this English translation for over six years, and published it, by subscription, in six parts between 1715 and 1720. Ultimately, it earned Pope the grand sum of £5,000 and allowed him to live on his own means as a professional author. Samuel Johnson described it as ‘the greatest version of poetry which the world has ever seen’ The thing that best distinguishes this from all other translations of Homer is that it alone equals the original in its ceaseless pour of verbal music. When Pope's contemporaries praised him for his ''numbers,'' they were referring not to the fairly obvious metrical system of the heroic couplet but to the euphony he achieved within its constraints. The relatively enclosed nature of the system concentrates attention on every syllable in the line, on continual shifts in the position and degree of pause marked by metrical breaks (caesuras), on sound effects used to emphasize the careful alterations in word order. Dryden, working a generation earlier on his translation of Virgil, had complained that the raspy consonants of English denied him the smooth vowel effects of the ancient languages. Pope worked miracles in highlighting the play of vowels through his lines. This edition combines two volumes also published separately.

Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war story, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

This book contains Alexander Pope's seminal interpretation of the original Homeric poem, published serially from 1715 to 1720. Hailed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal," this is a classic text that has moulded centuries of British and American culture through its beautiful and timeless poetry. This edition provides a perfect rendering of this fine English verse which captures wonderfully the song of Homer - a must-read for absolutely everyone. Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), was an English poet most renowned for his satirical verse and for the writing of this book. He is also the third-most quoted writer in 'The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations' after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Sing, O Goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans… So begins Homer’s The Iliad, the classic account of the final year of the Trojan War, a vicious, 10-year bloodbath between the Greeks and the Trojans following the abduction of Helen of Sparta. In this prose retelling of Homer’s poem, we follow the mighty Greek hero Achilles and his comrades as they battle against the Trojans, the gods, and even fate itself.

The Iliad Ancient Greek: Ilias, pronounced [i?.li.as] in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey. If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces, during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb Introduction and textual commentary provide new insights and background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the public at large, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. -- Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning new modern-verse translation.

The Odyssey  is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experience  The Odyssey  in all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition.

The most eloquent translation of Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus and his arduous journey home after the Trojan War

Penguin 60 excerpt from The Odyssey

On the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles: godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks. But when his pride is wounded and he refuses to fight, the thread of fate begins to spin . . . From frenzied rampages to intimate moments of grief, this selection from Homer’s Iliad traces the tale of a warrior whose name echoes through the ages, and whose story remains as powerful as ever.

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