The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald ; with an introduction by Seamus Heaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Homer.

Contributor:

Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Everyman's library ; 94.

Everyman's library ; 94

Standardized Title:

Odyssey. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Greek--Translations into English.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)--Poetry.

Odysseus.

Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character).

Homer.

Poetry as Topic.

Mythology.

Medical Subjects:

Poetry as Topic.

Mythology.

Local Subjects:

Homer.

Genre:

Poetry.

Translations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxvii, 509 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1992.

Summary:

Odysseus leads his men on a long voyage home from the Trojan War.

Contents:

I.A goddess intervenes

II. A hero's son awakens

III. The lord of the western approaches

IV. The red-haired king and his lady

V. Sweet nymph and open sea

VI. The princess at the river

VII. Gardens and firelight

VIII. The songs of the harper

IX. New coasts and Poseidon's sone

X. The grace of the witch

XI. A gathering of shades

XII. Sea perils and defeat

XIII. One more strange island

XIV. Hospitality in the forest

XV. How they came to Ithaka

XVI. Father and son

XVII. The beggar at the manor

XVIII. Blows and a queen's beauty

XIX. Recognitions and a dream

XX. Signs and a vision

XXI. The test of the bow

XXII. Death in the great hall

XXIII. The trunk of the olive tree

XXIV. Warriors, farewell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvi).

ISBN:

0679410473

9780679410478

9781857150940

1857150945

OCLC:

25631930

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