| Descript |
541 s. : Ill. ; 20 cm |
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Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince -- Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace |
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Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home after the Trojan War, while his son Telemachos and wife Penelope are forced to scheme to protect his throne until his return |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Greek
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Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
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Odysseus (grekisk mytologi
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Antik mytologi
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Grekisk mytologi
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Grekisk hjältediktning
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Hjältesagor
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Epik
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Skönlitteratur
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Poesi
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| Classmark |
Heeoa.03
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| Alt Auth |
Fagles, Robert
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Knox, Bernard
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| Add Title |
Odyssea. engl
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0143039954 (pbk.) |
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0670821624 |
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9780143039952 (pbk.) |
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9780670821624 |
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0670821624 |
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