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    Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books

Barry B. Powell

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      Renowned Homer scholar Barry B. Powell has already given the world powerful new translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Now his Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books brings together his translations of the most important books and passages from these two great poems in one handy volume.Accessible, poetic, and accurate, Barry Powell's translations are an excellent fit for today's students. With swift, transparent language that rings both ancient and modern, Powell exposes students to all of the rage, pleasure, pathos, cunning, and humor that are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Both the translations and the introductions are informed by the best recent scholarship.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Barry B. Powell EAN: 9780199394074 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 714 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-11-20 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient history, Ancient religions and Mythologies

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      Barry B. Powell is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Oxford University Press published his translation of the Iliad in 2013 and his translation of the Odyssey in 2014.

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      Renowned Homer scholar Barry B. Powell has already given the world powerful new translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Now his Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books brings together his translations of the most important books and passages from these two great poems in one handy volume.Accessible, poetic, and accurate, Barry Powell's translations are an excellent fit for today's students. With swift, transparent language that rings both ancient and modern, Powell exposes students to all of the rage, pleasure, pathos, cunning, and humor that are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Both the translations and the introductions are informed by the best recent scholarship.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Barry B. Powell EAN: 9780199394074 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 714 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-11-20 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient history, Ancient religions and Mythologies

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      Barry B. Powell is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Oxford University Press published his translation of the Iliad in 2013 and his translation of the Odyssey in 2014.

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