The Odyssey
Contributors: Jasper Griffin (Foreword); Martin Hammond (Editor)
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780715629581
Subjects: Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Western Europe - General; History; Poetry; History: World; Western Continental Europe; General; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections / African
First sentence: Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy.
Description: In this vibrant new translation, in a very readable prose format, Martin Hammond complements his acclaimed translation of The Iliad to capture as closely as possible both the simplicity and the intensity of Homer??'s epic.