Here Stephen Tracy offers a vivid, fast-paced narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. He not only provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Aimed at advanced readers as well, this book stresses an appreciation of how Homer has ordered his narrative, covering such topics as character interaction, family relationships, elements of poetic language, and the symbolic treatment of death, rebirth, growth, and knowledge. Given the controversy over the way the Odyssey was composed and handed down, Tracy concentrates on presenting the poem as a highly unified work. His analysis of the narrative structure reveals the epic to be arranged as a series of parallel journeys. The journey, seen here as a symbol of growth and self-knowledge, is among the major themes discussed in detail, along with the importance of women as overseers of life's journeys and the need for the sons of heroes to grow up worthy of their fathers.
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THE FIRST FOUR books of the Odyssey deal with Telemachus, the son of the hero. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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THE FIRST FOUR books of the Odyssey deal with Telemachus, the son of the hero. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
book seventeen, book thirteen, book eleven Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Homeric, Dark of the Moon, The Best of the Achaeans, The Wrath of Athena New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Homer & The Heroic Tradition by Cedric H. Whitman on 5 pages
- Oral Tradition: Selected Poems Old & New by Jewelle Gomez in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Songs of Homer by G. S. Kirk on page 140, and Back Matter
- Homer and the Oral Tradition by G. S. Kirk in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Homer on Life and Death (C Cpb T Clarendon Paperbacks) by Jasper Griffin on page 7, and Back Matter
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- Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming by Jonathan Shay in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Odyssey: Structure, Narration, and Meaning by Bruce Louden in Back Matter
- The Epic Voice: by Alan D. Hodder on page 97
- Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths by Professor Mary Lefkowitz in Back Matter
- Odyssey by Homer in Back Matter
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