Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-939407-4
Verlag: OUP USA

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Renowned Homer scholar Barry B. Powell has already given the world powerful new translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Now his Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books brings together his translations of the most important books and passages from these two great poems in one handy volume.

Accessible, poetic, and accurate, Barry Powell's translations are an excellent fit for today's students. With swift, transparent language that rings both ancient and modern, Powell exposes students to all of the rage, pleasure, pathos, cunning, and humor that are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Both the translations and the introductions are informed by the best recent scholarship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Powell, Barry B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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- Introduction

- The Iliad: Selections

- Book 1 all

- Book 2 Lines 1-54; 210-500; 760-815

- Book 3 all

- Book 4 Lines 1-452

- Book 5 Lines 1-9; 99-149; 172-470; 715-end

- Book 6 Lines 1-4; 101-end

- Book 7 omitted

- Book 8 Lines 1-76; 354-end

- Book 9 Lines 176-end

- Book 10 omitted

- Book 11 Lines 1-316; 623-710; 786-end

- Book 12 Lines 1-35; 222-end

- Book 13 Lines 1-64; 785-end

- Book 14 Lines 150-345

- Book 15 Lines 1-264; 570-end

- Book 16 Lines 1-538; 624-end

- Book 17 omitted

- Book 18 Lines 1-223; 344-end

- Book 19 Lines 1-71; 253-end

- Book 20 Lines 1-76; 466-end

- Book 21 Lines 1-140; 524-end

- Book 22 all

- Book 23 Lines 1-257

- Book 24 Lines 455-end

- The Odyssey: Selections

- Book 1 all

- Book 2 omitted

- Book 3 omitted

- Book 4 Lines 108-519

- Book 5 all

- Book 6 all

- Book 7 omitted

- Book 8 Lines 432-end

- Book 9 all

- Book 10 all

- Book 11 all

- Book 12 all

- Book 13 Lines 1-124; 183-end

- Book 14 omitted

- Book 15 omitted

- Book 16 Lines 1-306

- Book 17 Lines 180-450

- Book 18 Lines 1-107

- Book 19 all

- Book 20 omitted

- Book 21 all

- Book 22 all

- Book 23 all

- Book 24 all

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Über Autor(innen)

Barry B. Powell is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Oxford University Press published his translation of the Iliad in 2013 and his translation of the Odyssey in 2014.