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The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald ; introduction by D.S. Carne-Ross.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.Edition: 1st Farrar, Straus, and Giroux edDescription: lxx, 515 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0374224382
  • 9780374224387
  • 0374525749 (pbk.)
  • 9780374525743 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Odyssey. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PA4025.A5 F5 1998
Summary: A reprint of the ancient Greek epic with an introduction giving the background to the times, viz. "The ceremonies of civilization do not mean much to us today; we tend to see them as insincere ... To Homer they are very beautiful and their violation a more serious matter than we can imagine."
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
single unit book single unit book HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks R (Reference collection) R:PA4025.A5 E7 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2023-0595

Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-512).

A reprint of the ancient Greek epic with an introduction giving the background to the times, viz. "The ceremonies of civilization do not mean much to us today; we tend to see them as insincere ... To Homer they are very beautiful and their violation a more serious matter than we can imagine."

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