The Odyssey / Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald ; introduction by D.S. Carne-Ross.
Material type: TextLanguage: 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.)
- Odyssey. English
- PA4025.A5 F5 1998
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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