World Famous Comics: The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey
The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey
By: Homer Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co. Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 400 Publication Date: September 01, 2000 Studio: Hackett Publishing Co.
Product Description: Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey, made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology.
Essential Homer ^ book was in pretty good condition for being used. does not contain all of Homer's 2 books, the Iliad and the Odyssey, some nonessential chapters to the books are left out because it is the Essential Homer
The Best of the Best of the Best ^ Lombardo's translations of Homer are brilliant, energetic, and fun to read. While other translations are as dry and dusty as ancient Greek itself, Lombardo remarkably manages to bring it all to life, and reading both the Iliad and the Odyssey are as interesting and exciting as reading the most fascinating and lurid novel you've ever had in your hands.
The best thing about this edition is that it has MAPS in the front, and NAME GLOSSARIES in the back (for both the Iliad and the Odyssey). This edition is abridged, but I found that only long, tedious descriptions of preparations for battles seemed to be missing.
This is the ideal student text. (If you are looking for the best FULL edition ever, Lombardo's entire translations of the Iliad and Odyssey are also available.
If I could give it six stars, I would.
The Iliad ^ I had to use this book for a school project. This version by Stanley lombardo is great, and the refreshed modern day speaking makes the book easier to get through. Furthermore, the character guides and reference to other books in the back proved to be very helpful!
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