Availability:In StockContributor:Homer, E. V. Rieu (Translator), D. C. H. Rieu (Revised by)Series:Penguin Clothbound ClassicsPublish date:3/10/2010Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141192444ISBN-10:141192445UPC:9780141192444Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Epic, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:PlacesSize:8.10 x 5.58 x 1.39 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC1P8DCJTG
The Odyssey
Homer's classic epic of survival, revenge, and homecoming, translated by E. V. Rieu, now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, and featuring an Introduction by Peter V. Jones. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, one of the earliest and greatest works of Western...
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141192444ISBN-10:141192445UPC:9780141192444Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Epic, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:PlacesSize:8.10 x 5.58 x 1.39 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC1P8DCJTG
HOMER is thought to have lived c.750-700 BC in Ionia and is believed to be the author of the earliest works of Western Literature: The Odyssey and The Iliad. E. V. RIEU was a celebrated translator from Latin and Greek, and editor of Penguin Classics from 1944-64. His son, D. C. H. RIEU, has revised his work. PETER JONES is former lecturer in Classics at Newcastle. He co-founded the 'Friends of...
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