The spicy tale of Odysseus' protracted and wandering return to Ithaca and his wife Penelope after the events of the Iliad. I was surprised to find the epic so accessible. Some of the violent scenes are very unpleasant and superfluous, but some passages and ideas are luminous and it is easy to see wh...
Rereading this I can't believe I once found Homer boring. In my defense, I was a callow teen, and having a book assigned in school often tends to perversely make you hate it. But then I had a "Keats conversion experience." Keats famously wrote a poem in tribute to a translation of Homer by Chapman w...
What I Have Learned From The Odyssey:1) Ancient Greek heroes were jerks.2) You can always tell an ancient-language translation from an originally English novel.3) Repeating your exact words over and over again amounts to great literature.4) The Greeks were more interested in interminable petty power...
Oh no, I didn’t! Did I just give Homer’s Odyssey 3 stars?! (Well, 3.5 really) What gall! Who the hell do I think I am?! Believe me, I am as shocked as you are. I thought I would end up liking this much more than its twin [b:The Iliad|1371|The Iliad|Homer|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/13...
Homer's The Odyssey is so grounded in the foundation of world literature that it is largely beyond reproach, and likewise beyond praise. Homer's two epics, this and the Iliad, are two halves of the same foundation: the journey out, and the journey back; the external conflict, the internal conflict; ...
Check out Scott Reads It! for reviews, giveaways, & more! There's something so odd and strange about reviewing a book that has been read for centuries. I remember seeing The Illiad on my summer reading list when I was in 9th grade and I decided to pick it up. I only read a few pages before I had r...
My knowledge of classical literature and mythology is sadly lacking. The main reason I decided to tackle The Odyssey is because I want to read [b:Ulysses|338798|Ulysses|James Joyce|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1346161221s/338798.jpg|2368224] and I gather that a passing acquaintance wit...
IntroductionThe Spelling and Pronunciation of Homeric NamesMaps--The OdysseyTranslator's PostscriptGenealogiesTextual Variants from the Oxford Classical TextNotes on the TranslationSuggestions for Further ReadingPronouncing Glossary
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