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The Odyssey

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This new translation closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem.

Translator's PrefaceIntroduction, by Richard P. MartinThe ODYSSEY1. Trouble at Home2. A Gathering and a Parting3. In the Great Hall of Nestor4. With Menelaos and Helen5. A Raft on the High Seas6. Laundry Friends7. The Warmest Welcome8. Songs, Challenges, Dances, and Gifts9. A Battle, the Lotos, and a Savage's Cave10. Mad Winds, Laistrugonians, and an Enchantress11. The Land of the Dead12. Evil Song, a Deadly Strait, and Forbidden Herds13. A Strange Arrival Home14. The House of the Swineherd15. Son and Father Converging16. Father and Son Reunite17. Unknown in His Own House18. Fights in the Great Hall19. Memory and Dream in the Palace20. Dawn of the Death-Day21. The Stringing of the Bow22. Revenge in the Great Hall23. Husband and Wife at Last24. Last Tensions and PeaceNotes, by Richard P. MartinNames in the OdysseyBibliography, by Richard P. Martin

""Bold new translation.""

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