Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseuss long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations delays and perils he faced at every turn. Homers classic poem features Odysseuss encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wily Circe; the Lotus-eaters who fed his men their memory-stealing drug; the man-eating one-eyed Cyclops; the Laestrygonian giants; the souls of the dead in Hades; the beguiling Sirens; the treacherous Scylla and Charybdis. Here too is the heros faithful wife Penelope weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseuss place.The works attributed to Homer i nclud e the two oldest and greatest European epic poems the Odyssey and Iliad. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock now brings the Loebs Odyssey up to date with a rendering that retains Murrays admirable style but is worded for todays readers. The two-volume edition i nclud es a new introduction notes and index.
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