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The Odyssey de Homer

The Odyssey

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Bazându-ne pe expertiza de trei decenii a lui Joe Sachs în cadrul programului „Great Books”, recomandăm această ediție a The Odyssey ca fiind un punct de intrare ideal în literatura antică. Observăm că această versiune nu este doar o simplă traducere, ci o recalibrare a textului homeric pentru cititorul contemporan, oferind o claritate modernă care nu sacrifică rigoarea originalului grecesc. Față de alte ediții academice, volumul de față, publicat în colecția Collins Classics, adoptă un stil „transparent și natural”, facilitând o imersiune rapidă în periplul de zece ani al lui Odiseu spre Ithaca.

Structura cărții este gândită strategic pentru a servi atât curiozității generale, cât și nevoilor curriculare. Credem că selecția capitolelor — de la întâlnirea cu ciclopul Polifem și vrăjitoarea Circe, până la coborârea în lumea umbrelor — reușește să păstreze tensiunea narativă intactă, oferind în același timp contextul necesar prin note de subsol și hărți detaliate. Cititorii familiarizați cu The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set în traducerea lui Robert Fagles vor aprecia aici abordarea lui Sachs, care pune accent pe „auzirea” epopeii așa cum ar fi fost receptată de auditoriul antic, oferind o perspectivă mai intimă asupra personajelor.

În contextul operei autorului, dacă Classic Starts®: The Iliad este o adaptare pentru tineri, iar Circe and the Cyclops izolează episoade specifice, acest volum oferă o sinteză echilibrată. Această ediție reușește să demonstreze de ce poemul rămâne o explorare fundamentală a condiției umane, fiind o resursă esențială pentru oricine dorește să confrunte imaginația și inima lui Homer fără barierele unui limbaj arhaic excesiv.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781523409358
ISBN-10: 1523409355
Pagini: 380
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această ediție pentru oricine dorește să descopere epopeea lui Homer într-un format accesibil, dar riguros. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a călătoriei lui Odiseu datorită traducerii clare a lui Joe Sachs și a selecțiilor care elimină redundanțele, păstrând esența narativă. Este un instrument de studiu excelent datorită notelor explicative și hărților incluse, fiind ideal pentru studenți sau cititori pasionați de beletristica clasică.

Despre autor

Homer a fost un poet epic din Grecia Antică, considerat autorul fundamental al literaturii occidentale prin lucrările sale, Iliada și Odiseea. Deși identitatea sa rămâne subiect de dezbatere, tradiția îl descrie ca pe un bard orb din Ionia. Epopeile sale au modelat cultura și educația greacă, fiind pilonii pe care s-a construit civilizația europeană. Traducătorul acestui volum, Joe Sachs, aduce o perspectivă academică solidă, fiind cunoscut pentru traducerile sale fidele din Aristotel și Platon, realizate pe parcursul carierei sale de profesor la St. John's College.

Descriere scurtă

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 oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage. It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek-a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects-and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and serfs, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.

Notă biografică

Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value.The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt.

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The greatest of all epics, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan.
Every book lover knows there are certain stories that transcend time, and Homer's The Odyssey stands tall among literature's greatest treasures. This isn't just another ancient epic gathering dust on your shelf—it's a masterfully crafted adventure that speaks to the wanderer in all of us.
Follow Odysseus through his legendary ten-year odyssey home from Troy, where every page brings fresh perils: vengeful gods, mythical monsters, treacherous seas, and the ever-present wrath of Poseidon. But this hero doesn't rely on brute strength alone—his sharp wit and clever cunning make him one of literature's most compelling protagonists.
At its heart, this is a story about family, perseverance, and the power of storytelling itself. As Odysseus struggles to return to his beloved Penelope and son Telemachus, we're drawn into a world where divine intervention shapes mortal lives, where heroes must prove themselves through trials that test both courage and character.
For any reader who loves epic adventures, complex characters, or simply beautiful prose that has influenced countless writers across millennia, The Odyssey deserves a place in your personal library.
This Deluxe Edition Includes:
  • Elegant painted cover art from artist Laci Fowler with embossed details, designed foil edges, printed end sheets, and a ribbon marker
  • Expert commentary
  • Accessible translation that captures Homer's original poetry
  • Perfect for both newcomers and literature enthusiasts
Ready to embark on literature's greatest adventure? Add this premium edition to your collection today and discover why The Odyssey continues to inspire readers after nearly 3,000 years.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This excellent prose translation of Homer's epic poem of the 9th century BC recounts one of Western civilization's most glorious tales, a treasury of Greek folklore and myth that maintains an ageless appeal for modern readers. A cornerstone of Western literature, The Odyssey narrates the path of a fascinatingly complex hero through a world of wonders and danger-filled adventure.
After ten bloody years of fighting in the Trojan War, the intrepid Odysseus heads homeward, little imagining that it will take another ten years of desperate struggle to reclaim his kingdom and family. The wily hero circumvents the wrath of the sea god Poseidon and triumphs over an incredible array of obstacles, assisted by his patron goddess Athene and his own prodigious guile. From a literal descent into Hell to interrogate a dead prophet to a sojourn in the earthly paradise of the Lotus-eaters, the gripping narrative traverses the mythological world of ancient Greece to introduce an unforgettable cast of characters: one-eyed giants known as Cyclopses, the enchantress Circe, cannibals, sirens, the twin perils of Scylla and Charybdis, and a fantastic assortment of other creatures.
Remarkably modern in its skillful use of flashbacks and parallel line of action, Homer's monumental work is now available in this inexpensive, high-quality edition sure to be prized by students, teachers, and all who love the great myths and legends of the ancient world.
A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Recenzii

"Best Books of 2025"

“Readers, especially students of the poem, looking for a version of the Odyssey with a learned introduction, insightful notes and a scrupulous adherence to the sound and sense of the original will find here the Mentor they are looking for.”

“This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet.Daniel Mendelsohn’s rendering of Homer’s text is both highly readable and faithful to the original metre. It’s impressive, thrilling stuff. . . . What I feel Mendelsohn has appreciated, in the way most of those versions have not, is the connection between the Odyssey’s maritime content and the rolling effect of its broad-sweeping verse.”

“Mendelsohn’s [translation] is much more ample; he has chosen a roomier, six-foot line that cleaves as close as possible to the original hexameter without losing the intricacies and force of Homer’s language. The result is more languorous.”

"[A] compelling translation. . . . Taken together the notes and translated text, maps and glossaries offered by Mendelsohn provide a mesmerising guide to the world of Odysseus and Penelope. The core text is very readable, recognisable yet subtly different from previous translations."

“It is a thrill to have Mendelsohn’s searingly faithful—and yet absolutely original—new translation of The Odyssey. Moving us expertly through the hero's journey with profound learning and with a truly rare and exquisite attunement to the original’s formal textures and thematic nuances, Mendelsohn’s brilliant, supple, and radiant translation gives us not only the marvelously freighted yet buoyant craft itself, but the pulsing experience of its ongoing momentum and reach. His knowledge as a renowned classicist, his ear and eye for sound and image, his acuity in rendering the circuitous yet also self-arresting syntax (a journey of its own), and his ingeniously faithful line-by-hexameter-line rendering, make for what will surely be the edition for our time and beyond. The breathtaking introduction and notes are tours de force and finesse, a superb frame for this—yes, heroic—triumph.”

“Daniel Mendelsohn's Odyssey is a vividly rendered experience that feels inward and mesmerizing. It doesn’t take us through a reportorial account of the adventures of Odysseus but deeply into the experience itself through an intense focus on speech and sounds, which are the essence of poetry. Highly recommended."

"Mendelsohn respects all of Homer’s enjambments (with one exception), even the rather jarring example which places the word 'cattle' at the beginning of a line. Readers experience Homer’s dactylic hexameters more vividly here than in the usual pentameters of other translators."

“Daniel Mendelsohn has accomplished something that no recent translator has done so well: a translation that shows a striking fidelity not only to the poem’s language and thought but also to its formal properties. His approach makes this translation ideal for any class in which an instructor wants the students to have a full sense of the poetics of Homeric epic and other orally based literature.”

"The expertly crafted work of a true scholar-poet, Mendelsohn’s rich and rhythmical version hews closely to the Homeric verse-line—it feels like the original. He brings into contemporary English not just the precise meaning of the Greek at every turn, but also fine-grained variations in the poem’s soundscape, diction, pace, and speech-styles. Sharply focused on narrative nuance, lucid, vivid, and smart, this superb translation will entice new audiences to delight in the ancient epic."
 

"Daniel Mendelsohn’s Odyssey is a majestic living poem, keenly responsive to the surge and subtlety of Homer’s Greek. He conveys the dignity of an ancient aristocratic world as well as the timeless drama of homecoming, monstrous encounters, fidelity, and self-revelation. A momentous achievement."
 

"Neither jarringly contemporary nor distractingly archaic, Daniel Mendelsohn's brilliant and necessary translation of The Odyssey is a testament to the enduring power and grace and beauty of Homer's narrative."
 

"Here is the timeless Homeric river remade with timely majesty, molecule by glistening molecule."
 

"History's greatest adventure story brought to us anew by America's greatest living classicist—this is fast, fluent, thrilling, and a hugely impressive accomplishment."
 

“This Odyssey brilliantly succeeds in its ambitious plan to provide a worthy companion for our time to Richmond Lattimore’s classic Iliad. Mendelsohn’s long and flexible dactylic lines are eminently readable while communicating the heft and dignity of what the Greeks called Homer’s ‘heroic’ hexameter. With a scholarly and personal Introduction that sets out the major themes of the poem, Mendelsohn’s Odyssey will put all who read (and teach) the poem in English in possession of the most illuminating insights of modern scholarship while equipping them to understand the epic sympathetically and to appreciate the artistry of this astonishing work of ancient art and its uncannily modern hero.”
 

“Following the roundabout journey of its hero and the seductive rhythm of lines packed with music and meaning, Mendelsohn’s fresh and vigorous translation reminds me that what is at the heart of Homer’s epic—for all its sea-soaked adventures and creatures and gods—is entrancing poetry. His Odyssey is a homecoming worthy of the pleasure and dignity and endurance of the original.”

“Mendelsohn is gifted with a wonderful surefootedness of imagination, an almost mystic insight into both the homely and the terrible beauties of antiquity: how it must have looked, felt, smelled, and sounded to its ordinary and its superhuman denizens alike. He has given us a lithe, deft, psychologically nuanced Odyssey. Timeless, cadenced, thrilling, and humane.”

“This Odyssey is a gift, an act of true literary hospitality. Balancing ear and mind, Mendelsohn ushers the reader by every available device—the amplitude and charm of his introduction and notes, as well as the assurance and clarity of the tale’s unspooling—into the strange familiarity and familiar strangeness of a distant world which still breathes its magic and insight so fully into our own.”

“Mendelsohn’s poetic lines are substantially longer than those in the other translations. This is the distinctive feature of his translation—this desire to bring the density and full detail of the Greek language into English, not worrying about the need for longer poetic lines to make it happen. . . . Ultimately, I applaud Mendelsohn’s new translation.”

“Whereas Wilson’s lines are swift and spare, Mendelsohn’s are prolonged and attentive. He pauses because Odysseus’ plight demands that we pause; we need to pay attention to the condition that has befallen not just Homer, but will befall most all of us sooner or later.”

"Mendelsohn gives us a line-for-line rendering of The Odyssey that is both engrossing as poetry and true to its source. Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, he artfully reproduces the epic's formal qualities (meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance) and in so doing restores to Homer's masterwork its archaic grandeur. Mendelsohn's expansive six-beat line, far closer to the original than that of other recent translations, allows him to capture each of Homer's dense verses without sacrificing the amplitude and shadings of the original. The result is the richest, most ample, most precise, and most musical Odyssey available in the English language as it conveys the beauty of its poetry, the excitement of its hero's adventures, and the profundity of its insights."

"There’s much else to praise in Mendelsohn’s Odyssey, from his sticking to the hexameter, to his imitating successfully the Greek word order, to his capturing of quite a few of Homer’s puns."

“Classicist and memoirist Daniel Mendelsohn offers a beautiful and majestic new translation of Homer’s Odyssey for the University of Chicago. At once contemporary in its readability and true to the original hexameter in its nuance and sophistication, Mendelsohn, one of the world’s leading experts on the poem, brings his profound knowledge to the work of making the Odyssey come alive. The Odyssey remains as relevant and powerful as ever, not least because of the Hollywood blockbuster currently in production.”

“When people ask me which translation of the Odyssey to read, I now tell them that if they read only one, it should be Mendelsohn’s.”

Cuprins

Introduction
  • The Gods
  • Odysseus
  • A Note on Poetic Form and on the Translation
The Odyssey: Selections
  • Map
  • Book One: Athena Visits Ithaca
  • Book Two: Telemachus Prepares for His Voyage
  • Book Three: Telemachus Visits Nestor in Pylos
  • Book Four: The Suitors Plan to Kill Telemachus
  • Book Five: Odysseus Leaves Calypso’s Island
  • Book Six: Odysseus and Nausicaa
  • Book Seven: Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous in Phaeacia
  • Book Eight: Odysseus Is Entertained in Phaeacia
  • Book Nine: Ismarus, the Lotus Eaters, and the Cyclops
  • Book Ten: Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe
  • Book Eleven: Odysseus Meets the Shades of the Dead
  • Book Twelve: The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the Cattle of the Sun
  • Book Thirteen: Odysseus Leaves Phaeacia and Reaches Ithaca
  • Book Fourteen: Odysseus Meets Eumaeus
  • Book Fifteen: Telemachus Returns to Ithaca
  • Book Sixteen: Odysseus Reveals Himself to Telemachus
  • Book Seventeen: Odysseus Goes to the Palace as a Beggar
  • Book Eighteen: Odysseus and Irus the Beggar
  • Book Nineteen: Eurycleia Recognizes Odysseus
  • Book Twenty: Odysseus Prepares for His Revenge
  • Book Twenty-One: The Contest with Odysseus’s Bow
  • Book Twenty-Two: The Killing of the Suitors
  • Book Twenty-Three: Odysseus and Penelope
  • Book Twenty-Four: Zeus and Athena End the Fighting
In Context
  • Literary Contexts
    • from Xenophanes, Fragments (c. fifth century bce)
    • from Pindar, Nemean 7 (c. fifth century bce)
    • from Plato, The Republic (c. 380 bce)
    • from Aristotle, Poetics (c. 335 bce)
    • from Longinus?, On the Sublime (c. 1st century ce)
    • from Demetrius?, On Style (c. 1st century ce)
  • The Odyssey in Ancient Art
  • Early Written and Printed Versions
Maps
Glossary
Acknowledgment

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