The Odyssey
By: Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald ; introduction by D.S. Carne-Ross.
Contributors: Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-
Edition: 1st Farrar, Straus, and Giroux ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English; Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
Genres: Translations into English.; Poetry.
Description: 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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-512).