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"Comparisons to [Emily] Wilson's recent translation are inevitable. . . . Both Wilson and Green capture the spirit of the Odyssey, but word-for-word, Green also captures a feel for the Homeric language, an experience closer to the original." * Library Journal *
"Green's intelligent translation is . . . a superb choice." * The Weekly Standard *
"Green brings to the poem the rhetorical directness and historical expertise which worked so well in his translation of The Iliad. Speeches in his version are vigorous and direct. " * London Review of Books *
“The kind of absorption offered by Green’s translation seems particularly relevant to the reading of a poem from an alien culture and period. It contributes to the opening of the imagination that is surely one of the main pleasures of reading such a work. . . . I recommend this translation not only for its weighty introduction and notes but above all for the sensitivity of its expression.” * Manchester Review *

Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction

THE ODYSSEY

Synopsis
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Select Bibliography
Index

The Odyssey

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    A Hardback by Homer, Peter Green

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 28 March 2018
      ISBN-13 9780520293632
      978-0520293632
      ISBN-10 0520293630
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Books by Homer

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Comparisons to [Emily] Wilson's recent translation are inevitable. . . . Both Wilson and Green capture the spirit of the Odyssey, but word-for-word, Green also captures a feel for the Homeric language, an experience closer to the original." * Library Journal *
      "Green's intelligent translation is . . . a superb choice." * The Weekly Standard *
      "Green brings to the poem the rhetorical directness and historical expertise which worked so well in his translation of The Iliad. Speeches in his version are vigorous and direct. " * London Review of Books *
      “The kind of absorption offered by Green’s translation seems particularly relevant to the reading of a poem from an alien culture and period. It contributes to the opening of the imagination that is surely one of the main pleasures of reading such a work. . . . I recommend this translation not only for its weighty introduction and notes but above all for the sensitivity of its expression.” * Manchester Review *

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Abbreviations
      Introduction

      THE ODYSSEY

      Synopsis
      Glossary
      Select Bibliography
      Index

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