The Odyssey - Homer, Richmond Lattimore • BookLikes (ISBN:0060931957)

The Odyssey

by: Richmond Lattimore (author) Homer (author)

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780060931957 (0060931957)

Publish date: June 1st 1999

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Pages no: 374

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Adventure, Classics, Academic, School, Literature, Epic, Read For School, Classic Literature, Poetry, Mythology

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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it

6 years ago

http://alison.booklikes.com An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge 4.0 The Odyssey

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I read The Iliad a few years ago after reading The Song of Achilles. I meant to read The Odyssey at some point and now I have. I was originally planning on reading Fagles' translation, but ended up with a copy of Emily Wilson's new translation instead. It is incredibly clear and readable. I found th...

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Spooky's Maze of Books rated it

6 years ago

http://Spooky.booklikes.com Spooky's Maze of Books 2.0 Boring and confusing

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Title : The Odyssey Author: Homer Genre: Mythology Pages: 448 Kindle : got it as a free kindle book book synopsis Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home t...

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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it

7 years ago

http://antao.booklikes.com Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios 5.0 Representation of Human: "The Odyssey" by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald; read by Dan Stevens)

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I humbly declare this book to be the greatest literary work of mankind. If you don't learn Greek (worth it just to read this Meisterwerk, never mind the rest of the immortal trove of Greek literature) you can read it in so many translations that have become classics in their own use of the English l...

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Ernesto Rafael Santana's Book Blog rated it

8 years ago

http://RafaTenochca.booklikes.com Ernesto Rafael Santana's Book Blog 5.0 The Odyssey

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Gran obra junto con La Ilíada épicas, sorprendentes, un poco complicadas... pero excelentes. Si no están familiarizad@s con el tema les recomiendo que lean un poco de Mitología y Cultura Griega. Recomiendo estas obras del gran poeta Homero. Sin duda uno de mis favoritos.

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