Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey, made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
Original Language: Greek
About the Author
Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
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This review is from: The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey (Paperback)
Lombardo's translations of Homer are brilliant, energetic, and fun to read. While other translations are as dry and dusty as ancient Greek itself, Lombardo remarkably manages to bring it all to life, and reading both the Iliad and the Odyssey are as interesting and exciting as reading the most fascinating and lurid novel you've ever had in your hands.
The best thing about this edition is that it has MAPS in the front, and NAME GLOSSARIES in the back (for both the Iliad and the Odyssey). This edition is abridged, but I found that only long, tedious descriptions of preparations for battles seemed to be missing. This is the ideal student text. (If you are looking for the best FULL edition ever, Lombardo's entire translations of the Iliad and Odyssey are also available. If I could give it six stars, I would.
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I had to use this book for a school project. This version by Stanley lombardo is great, and the refreshed modern day speaking makes the book easier to get through. Furthermore, the character guides and reference to other books in the back proved to be very helpful!
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Stanley Lombardo's translation of Homer's works is modern and sings. This compilation is great for getting the story of Homer's epics without reading through some of the unnecessary parts of The Iliad and The Odyssey. As I purchased this for the Kindle, I think that the layout and access of the work is excellent.
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Sing, Goddess, Achilles' rage, Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
teeming depths, polished bow, mind teeming, white barley, great loom, hollow ships, own native land, bronze spear, curved bow, other immortals, glorious son, winged words Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pallas Athena, Western Gate, Phoebus Apollo, Old Man of the Sea, West Wind, Lord Alcinous, Telamonian Ajax, Lord of Lightning, Lord Poseidon, Lord Zeus, Olympian Zeus, Argive Helen, Hyperion the Sun, River Ocean, Theban Tiresias, War God, Archer God, Lord Apollo, South Wind, Sun God New!
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Sing, Goddess, Achilles' rage, Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
teeming depths, polished bow, mind teeming, white barley, great loom, hollow ships, own native land, bronze spear, curved bow, other immortals, glorious son, winged words Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pallas Athena, Western Gate, Phoebus Apollo, Old Man of the Sea, West Wind, Lord Alcinous, Telamonian Ajax, Lord of Lightning, Lord Poseidon, Lord Zeus, Olympian Zeus, Argive Helen, Hyperion the Sun, River Ocean, Theban Tiresias, War God, Archer God, Lord Apollo, South Wind, Sun God New!
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- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Spontaneity and Tradition: A Study in the Oral Art of Homer by Michael N. Nagler in Back Matter
- Homer: Poet of the Iliad by Mark W. Edwards in Back Matter
- Greece and Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Joan R. Mertens in Back Matter
- The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics) by Richard P. Martin in Back Matter
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- Harvard Yard by William Martin on page 106
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