Homer Book Odyssey, 9789394791626 ISBN, Prints Publications

The Odyssey

Author: Homer

Publisher: Prints Publications Pvt Ltd

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Publisher	Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
Publication Year	2023
ISBN-13	9789394791626
Binding	Paper back
Number of Pages	296 Pages
Language	English
Edition	1st
Dimension (Inches)	5.5"*8.5"
Weight (Grams)	372
Subject	Classic Fiction
Category	Fiction

Ten years after the Trojan War and the Fall of Troy, Odysseus, one of the war heroes, has still not returned to his kingdom, Ithaca. Assumed to be dead, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have overrun Odysseus palace and ransacked his land, competing for Penelopes hand in marriage. But Odysseus is still alive; imprisoned on the island of Ogygia by Calypso, who is possessed by love for him and desires to make him her immortal husband. How will Odysseus return home? Will he reunite with his loving Penelope? The second oldest extant work of Western literature, it is an evocation of Homer grandiloquent revival of myths and legends narrated in this rare classic. Nearly three thousand years after its composition, the Odyssey still remains one of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told.

Homer

Homer is thought to have lived c.750-700 BC in Ionia and is believed to be the author of the earliest works of Western Literature: The Odyssey and The Iliad. E V Rieu was a celebrated translator from Latin and Greek, and editor of Penguin Classics from 1944-64. His son, D C H Rieu, has revised his work. Peter Jones is former lecturer in Classics at Newcastle. He co-founded the ‘Friends of Classics’ society and is the editor of their journal and a columnist for The Spectator.

Preface to First Edition	6
Preface to Second Edition	12
BOOK I - The Gods tn Council—Minerva’s Visit to Ithaca—The Challenge From Telemachus to The Suitors	14
BOOK II- Assembly of The People of Ithaca—Speeches of Telemachus and of The Suitors—Telemachus Makes His Preparations and Starts for Pylos With Minerva Disguised as Mentor	23
BOOK III - Telemachus Visits Nestor at Pylos	33
BOOK IV - The Visit to King Menelaus, Who Tells His Story— Meanwhile The Suitors in Ithaca Plot Against Telemachus	44
BOOK V - Calypso—Ulysses Reaches Scheria on a Raft	62
BOOK VI - The Meeting Between Nausicaa And Ulysses	72
BOOK VII - Reception of Ulysses at The Palace of King Alcinous	80
BOOK VIII - Banquet in The House of Alcinous—The Games	88
BOOK IX - Ulysses Declares Himself and Begins His Story— The Cicons, Lotophagi, And Cyclopes	101
BOOK X - Aeolus, The Laestrygones, Circe	113
BOOK XI - The Visit to The Dead	125
BOOK XII - The Sirens, Scylla And Charybdis, The Cattle of The Sun	138
BOOK XIII - Ulysses Leaves Scheria and Returns to Ithaca	148
BOOK XIV - Ulysses In The Hut With Eumaeus	157
BOOK XV - Minerva Summons Telemachus from Lacedaemon— He Meets With Theoclymenus at Pylos and Brings Him to Ithaca— on Landing He Goes to The Hut of Eumaeus.	168
BOOK XVI - Ulysses Reveals Himself To Telemachus	180
BOOK XVII - Telemachus and His Mother Meet—Ulysses and Eumaeus Come Down to The Town, and Ulysses is Insulted By Melanthius—He is Recognised By The Dog Argos—He is Insulted and Presently Struck By Antinous With a Stool— Penelope Desires That He Shall Be Sent to Her	190
BOOK XVIII - The Fight With Irus—Ulysses Warns Amphinomus—Penelope Gets Presents From The Suitors— The Braziers—Ulysses Rebukes Eurymachus	203
BOOK XIX - Telemachus And Ulysses Remove The Armour— Ulysses Interviews Penelope—Euryclea Washes His Feet and Recognises The Scar on His Leg—Penelope Tells Her Dream to Ulysses	212
BOOK XX - Ulysses Cannot Sleep—Penelope’s Prayer to Diana— The Two Signs From Heaven—Eumaeus And Philoetius Arrive— The Suitors Dine—Ctesippus Throws an Ox’s Foot at Ulysses— Theoclymenus Foretells Disaster And Leaves The House	225
BOOK XXI - The Trial of The Axes, During Which Ulysses Reveals Himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius	234
BOOK XXII - The Killing of The Suitors—The Maids Who Have Misconducted Themselves are Made to Cleanse The Cloisters and are Then Hanged	243
BOOK XXIII - Penelope Eventually Recognises Her Husband— Early in The Morning Ulysses, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Philoetius Leave The Town	254
BOOK XXIV - The Ghosts of The Suitors In Hades— Ulysses and His Men Go to The House of Laertes— The People of Ithaca Come Out to Attack Ulysses, But Minerva Concludes a Peace	262
Footnotes	274