The Odyssey

图书标准信息

• 作者 Homer（荷马） 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 1997-11
• ISBN 9780140268867
• 定价 134.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 560页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

RobertFagles,winnerofthePEN/RalphManheimMedalforTranslationanda1996AcademyAwardinLiteraturefromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetterspresentsuswithHomer'sbest-lovedandmostaccessiblepoeminastunningnewmodern-versetranslation.

"Singtomeoftheman,Muse,themanoftwistsandturnsdriventimeandagainoffcourse,oncehehadplunderedthehallowedheightsofTroy."

SobeginsRobertFagles'magnificenttranslationoftheOdyssey,whichJasperGriffininTheNewYorkTimesReviewofBookshailsas"adistinguishedachievement."

IftheIliadistheworld'sgreatestwarepic,theOdysseyisliterature'sgrandestevocationofeveryman'sjourneythroughlife.Odysseus'relianceonhiswitandwilinessforsurvivalinhisencounterswithdivineandnaturalforces,duringhisten-yearvoyagehometoIthacaaftertheTrojanWar,isatoncethetimelesshumanstoryandanindividualtestofmoralendurance.

Inthemythsandlegendsthatareretoldhere,FagleshascapturedtheenergyandpoetryofHomer'soriginalinabold,contemporaryidiom,andgivenusanOdysseytoreadaloud,tosavor,andtotreasureforitssheerlyricalmastery.

RenownedclassicistBernardKnox'ssuperbIntroductionandtextualcommentaryprovidenewinsightsandbackgroundinformationforthegeneralreaderandscholaralike,intensifyingthestrengthofFagles'translation.

ThisisanOdysseytodelightboththeclassicistandthepublicatlarge,andtocaptivateanewgenerationofHomer'sstudents.

【作者简介】

AboutTheAuthor

AncientGreekpoetHomerestablishedthegoldstandardforheroicquestsandsweepingjourneyswithhispairofclassicepicpoems,TheIliadandTheOdyssey.

【目录】

Translator'sPreface-ix
Introduction-xix
1-TroubleatHome-3
2-AGatheringandaParting-16
3-IntheGreatHallofNestor-28
4-WithMenelaosandHelen-43
5-ARaftontheHighSeas-67
6-LaundryFriends-81
7-TheWarmestWelcome-