The OdysseyThe Odyssey is the original journey tale, a genre that has lasted three thousand years, and has had a lasting influence on on literature and art. The trials of Odysseus were first told by the great bard Homer. For ten long years the Greeks and Trojans have fought on the plains of Troy, and now Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, and the other victorious Greeks are ready to sail home. But after offending the sea god, Poseidon, Odysseus is hurled into years of wandering the seas, encountering monsters and sirens, raging storms and seductive idylls, before he is able to return to his wife, his son and his homeland. This masterpiece keeps its appeal not only because it reflects a glorious time of heroes and wonders, but because it is a work that still speaks to the lives we live today. Forge book is proud to present The Odyssey in Dr. Eickhoff's compelling and authoritative new translation. |
Contents
Introduction | 17 |
THE FIRST BOOK The Couneil of the Gods | 47 |
THE SECOND BOOK The Couneil of the Ithacan Elders | 57 |
THE THIRD BOOK A Visit to the Lord of Pylos | 73 |
THE FOURTH BOOK A Visit to Menelaus and Helen | 89 |
THE FIFTH BOOK The Loving Nymph and the Open Sea | 113 |
THE SIXTH BOOK The Discovery of Nausicaa | 127 |
THE SEVENTH BOOK The Palace of Alcinous | 137 |
THE SIXTEENTH BOOK The Discovery of Odysseus | 265 |
THE SEVENTEENTH BOOK Telemachus Visits with Penelope | 279 |
THE EIGHTEENTH BOOK The Return of Odysseus | 295 |
THE NINETEENTH BOOK The Discovery of the Nurse | 307 |
THE TWENTIETH BOOK Advice from a Goddess | 319 |
THE TWENTYFIRST BOOK The Test of the Bow | 329 |
THE TWENTYSECOND BOOK The Bloody Hall | 339 |
THE TWENTYTHIRD BOOK The Secret of the Bed | 351 |
THE EIGHTH BOOK The Songs of the Harper | 147 |
THE NINTH BOOK The Adventure with the Cyclops | 163 |
THE TENTH BOOK The Adventure with Circe | 177 |
THE ELEVENTH BOOK The Visit to the Land of Hades | 195 |
THE TWELFTH BOOK The Great Perils of the Sea | 213 |
THE THIRTEENTH BOOK Athene Advises Odysseus | 225 |
THE FOURTEENTH BOOK The Visit to the Swinekeeper | 237 |
THE FIFTEENTH BOOK Advice to Telemachus | 251 |
THE TWENTYFOURTH BOOK The End of the Adventure | 359 |
Envoi | 371 |
Translators Note | 373 |
Appendix A The Gods | 377 |
Appendix B The Action of The Odyssey | 381 |
Appendix C Greek Texts and English Translations | 383 |
Notes | 387 |
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Common terms and phrases
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