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Liked It “Fagles' contemporary translation style fits the adventure-story mold of Homer's classic brilliantly. An entertaining, fascinating read. Holds up well to multiple readings.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Fagles' contemporary translation style fits the adventure-story mold of Homer's classic brilliantly. An entertaining, fascinating read. Holds up well to multiple readings.”
Thom F wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Homer's tale of a man 's return after war to find all the changes that have occurred whilst he was away. But all's well that ends well.”
Jane H wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I really enjoyed this book more than the Iliad. The poetic writing style is somewhat more clear and concise for my liking. In addition, it was nice to see the conclusion of the story. I had forgotten the the end of the Iliad is laid out in the Oddessy.”
Mike Buckaew wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Reading it for school”
Klara Oh wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Another superb translation from Fagles.”
Deepak R wrote this review Friday, November 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read as a young man, epic adventure, memorable...”
Dave H wrote this review Tuesday, October 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Odysseus - Main character who leaves his home to the seas
Carlos wrote this review Thursday, September 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Telemachus - Odysseus and Penelope's son
Zeus - Father of Athena and King of the gods
Poseidon - Zeus' brother and the god of the sea
Athena - Daughter of Zeus and the goddess of Wisdom
Penelope - Odysseus' wife and mother of Telemachus
After Zeus sends Hermes to have Odysseus released while Athena convinces Telemachus to seek his father. After reaching Sparta, he is told that his father is on an island called Calypso. Odysseus builds a raft to be able to leave Calypso and after various bad occurrences he finally meets one of his last at the island of the King of winds. When there, Odysseus' men open up the bag of winds thinking there was treasure inside which caused them to go back to a previous island, the displeased king decided not to help them anymore. Once they go to the island of Circe's they are forwarded to the land of the dead where Tiresias, who told them how to get home. On their way home, they stopped at the island that hold the cattle of the sun. Odysseus' men kill some cattle, causing their ship to be destroyed, causing Odysseus to float back to Calypso's island. Once home, Alcinous takes Odysseus to Ithaca. In Ithaca, Odysseus disguises himself in beggar clothes in order to get hospitality by the people of the swineherd hut. As instructed, Telemachus leaves to the swineherd to meet Odysseus where they plan to get rid of the suitors. Next, Telemachus goes to his house and the Odysseus, with the swineherd, eventually get there as well and Odysseus is taunted by suitors as he eats. After Odysseus tells Penelope his story, she plans have the suitors string Odysseus' bow and shoot it through twelve axeheads to decide who she marries. The suitors could not do it, but Odysseus gave it a try, succeed, then starts to kill the suitors with the bow.After killing them, Odysseus tries to convince the non believing Penelope that it is him. He then goes to find his father reveals his identity. This enraged half of the people, leading to them wanting to fight Odysseus, but Athena stops the fighting and names Odysseus King.”“My personal favorite "Odyssey" translation.”
Ria A wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An adventure story of the ages. Despite having to read it for school I thoroughly enjoyed it. ”
Ruby S wrote this review Sunday, August 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
