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Book SynopsisSince their composition almost 3,000 years ago the Homeric epics have lost none of their power to grip audiences and fire the imagination: with their stories of life and death, love and loss, war and peace they continue to speak to us at the deepest level about who we are across the span of generations. That being said, the world of Homer is in many ways distant from that in which we live today, with fundamental differences not only in language, social order, and religion, but in basic assumptions about the world and human nature. This volume offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to ancient Greek culture through the lens of Book One of the Odyssey, covering all of these aspects and more in a comprehensive Introduction designed to orient students in their studies of Greek literature and history. The full Greek text is included alongside a facing English translation which aims to reproduce as far as feasible the word order and sound play of the Greek original and is supplemented
Trade Reviewanyone teaching Odyssey 1 will find the commentary a valuable companion. * Gary Vos, Cambridge Core *
To offer new perspectives on one of the most hallowed oeuvres of the Western literary canon certainly is a daunting task. Yet Pulleyn fearlessly takes up the challenge, and, unlike the epic protagonist of his text, manages in the course of his meanderings to bring his readers back to port unscathed...If this volume will help more readers to approach it in the original Greek, it will have fulfilled its purpose. * Alexander Andrée, University of Toronto, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Homer, Odyssey I can certainly be recommended to anyone who wants to explore this classic work more closely, and specifically to engage with the Greek text. * M. A. Orthofer, Complete Review *
It is a pleasure to welcome this new commentary on dyssey 1 . . . a wholly admirable edition. * Colin Leach, Classi cs for All *
Table of ContentsFrontmatter Abbreviations Maps Introduction The Appeal of the Odyssey Structure Style The World of the Odyssey Origins Transmission Metre Dialect and Grammar Text and Translation Commentary Endmatter Bibliography Vocabulary Glossary of Technical Terms General Index Index of Greek Words
