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Homer's Odyssey: A Companion to the English Translation of Richard Lattimore

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter JonesSeries:Classical StudiesPublish date:1991-06-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bristol Classical PressISBN-13:9781853990380ISBN-10:1853990388UPC:9781853990380Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCE4KH9RQ5

Peter Jones provides a line-by-line commentary on Homer's Odyssey that explains the factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Odyssey. It also illuminates epic style, Homer's methods of composition, the structure of work, and his characterization. The introduction describes the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bristol Classical PressISBN-13:9781853990380ISBN-10:1853990388UPC:9781853990380Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCE4KH9RQ5

Peter Jones was co-founder of The Friends of Classics, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle, and one of the best-known figures in the teaching of the Classics. He regular contributed to national newspapers (The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and TLS), and the author of highly successful books such as Learn Latin, Learn Ancient Greek and the Classics in Translation (also...

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

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