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The twelfth-century Byzantine scholar, poet, and teacher John Tzetzes composed the verse commentary Allegories of the Odyssey to explain Odysseus’s journey and the pagan gods and marvels he encountered. This edition presents the first translation of the Allegories of the Odyssey into any language alongside the Greek text.

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Open[s] windows into the cultural and aesthetic milieu of twelfth-century Byzantium. -- James H. Morey * Medieval Review *

Allegories of the Odyssey

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    A Hardback by John Tzetzes, Adam J. Goldwyn, Dimitra Kokkini

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 19/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9780674238374, 978-0674238374
      ISBN10: 0674238370
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The twelfth-century Byzantine scholar, poet, and teacher John Tzetzes composed the verse commentary Allegories of the Odyssey to explain Odysseus’s journey and the pagan gods and marvels he encountered. This edition presents the first translation of the Allegories of the Odyssey into any language alongside the Greek text.

      Trade Review
      Open[s] windows into the cultural and aesthetic milieu of twelfth-century Byzantium. -- James H. Morey * Medieval Review *

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