The World of Odysseus
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: September 1999
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780712665735
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Social history; Ancient Greece; Scottish Gaelic; Poetry
First sentence: "BY THE GENERAL consent of criticks," wrote Dr. Johnson, "the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient for other compositions."