The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter GreenThe Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experience The Odyssey in all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition. |
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Achaians Achillēs addressed Agamemnōn Aigisthos Alkinoös Antinoös Argives Argos Athēnē Atreus back home beggar black ship BOOK bright bronze cattle clothes comrades daughter Dawn dead dear death Dēmodokos drink Euboia Eumaios Eupeithes Eurykleia Eurylochos Eurymachos fate father feast gifts give goddess godlike Odysseus gods great-hearted grey-eyed Athēnē Hadēs hall handmaids hands heart Hephaistos herald Hermēs husband Idomeneus Iliad immortal island Ithákē Kalypsō killed Kirkē Klytaimnestra Krētē Kyklōps Laërtēs land Laodamas libations Melanthios Menelaös mind minstrel mortal mother much-enduring Nausikaä Nestōr noble Odysseus nymph Olympos once Pandareus Peisistratos Penelope Phaiakians Phorkys Poseidōn prudent Penelope Pylos resourceful Odysseus responded round Sagacious Telemachos sail saying Scheria servants sleep spear spoke stood stranger suitors swift ship swineherd Teirēsias Telemachos tell there's told took Trojans trouble Troy tunic vessel who'd wife wind wine winged words women Zeus