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 · The Odyssey by Homer. Publication date Topics Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Poetry, Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English, Epic poetry, Greek Publisher New . Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey - /5(K). The Odyssey study guide contains a biography of Homer, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

The Odyssey By Homer Written B.C.E Translated by Samuel Butler: Table of Contents Book I: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Homer, Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction) , ratings14, reviews. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns. driven time and again off course, once he had plundered. the hallowed heights of Troy. So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey. If the Iliad is the world's greatest. The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second--the Iliad being the first--extant work of Western literature. It was probably composed near the end of the 8th century BC.

Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey - are over ten thousand lines long in the original. Homer, Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction) , ratings14, reviews. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns. driven time and again off course, once he had plundered. the hallowed heights of Troy. So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey. If the Iliad is the world's greatest. The Odyssey by Homer - Free Ebook. Project Gutenberg. 66, free ebooks. 36 by Homer.