Reading Homer’s Odyssey / / Kostas Myrsiades.

Finalist for the 2020 PROSE Awards, Classics section Homer’s Odyssey is the first great travel narrative in Western culture. A compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home, the Odyssey continues to be studied in universities and schools...

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Place / Publishing House:Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2021]
©2019
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (375 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART I From Ithaca to Wonderland
  • 1 Telemachus’ Journey (Od. 1–4)
  • 2 Odysseus from Calypso to the Phaeacians (Od. 5–8)
  • 3 Odysseus’ Wanderings (Od. 9–12)
  • PART II From Wonderland to Ithaca
  • 4 Odysseus and Telemachus at Eumaeus’ Hut (Od. 13–16)
  • 5 Odysseus and Telemachus Strategize at the Palace (Od. 17–20)
  • 6 Revenge, Reunion, and Reconciliation (Od. 21–24)
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • General Bibliography
  • Index