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1) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Odysseus--soldier, sailor, trickster, and everyman--is one of the most recognizable characters in world literature. His arduous, ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, the subject of Homer's Odyssey, is the most accessible tale to survive from ancient Greece, and its impact is still felt today across many different cultures. This lively free verse translation, from one of today's leading Homeric scholars, preserves the clarity and simplicity...
2) The Iliad
Author
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st paperback ed.
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's The Odyssey, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and first performed in 1992, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros."-back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
While journeying back to Greece after the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men investigate an island where a monstrous cylops lives. When they discover that their lives are in danger, Odysseus devises a cunning plan for them to escape from the cyclops's cave.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before he became the hero of the Trojan War, young Odysseus battled monsters and magic Young Prince Odysseus longs to be a hero. But when he and his travelling companions are captured on their way home to Ithaca, Odysseus learns that being a hero isn't always easy. Now Odysseus must fight dastardly pirates, survive the enchanted songs of sirens, slay monsters, and defeat a treacherous king. Worse still, Odysseus has to deal with girls: snooty, spoiled...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first book in an epic new series following the life and adventures of Odysseus, Valerio Massimo Manfredi's masterful new novel renders the extraordinary world of ancient Greece in his own unique way"--
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
xiv, 160 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Here Stephen Tracy offers a vivid, fast-paced narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. He not only provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Aimed at advanced readers as well, this book stresses an appreciation of how Homer has ordered his narrative, covering such topics as character...
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