Homer, <br/><br/>
The Odyssey /  [print] 
Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. 
 - New York :  Viking,  (c)1996. 
 - x, 541 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names --  Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece ; Homeric geography : the Peloponnese ; Homeric geography : the Aegean and Asia Minor --  Inset: Troy and vicinity --  Homer: Odyssey. Athena inspires the prince --  Telemachus sets sail --  King Nestor remembers --  The king and queen of Sparta --  Odysseus--Nymph and shipwreck --  The princess and the stranger --  Phaeacia's halls and gardens --  A day for songs and contests --  In the one-eyed giant's cave --  The bewitching queen of Aeaea --  The kingdom of the dead --  The cattle of the sun --  Ithaca at last --  The loyal swineherd --  The prince sets sail for home --  Father and son --  Stranger at the gates --  The beggar-king of Ithaca --  Penelope and her guest --  Portents gather --  Odysseus strings his bow --  Slaughter in the hall --  The great rooted bed --  Peace --  Notes: Translator's postscript ; Genealogies ; Textual variants fromt he Oxford classical text ; Notes on the translation --  Pronouncing glossary. 
<br/><br/> A new translation of the epic poem retells the story of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780140268867 9780143039952 9780670821624 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96017280 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9814690  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>011346543  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) --Poetry.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Epic poetry, Greek--Translations into English.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Epic poetry.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA4025.B582.O397 1996 PA4025