The Story of Odysseus

Author(s): Homer; Rouse, W H D (translator)

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	Yes
Dust Jacket Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket Protection:	N/A
Edition:	2nd Edition
Impression:	2nd Impression
Signature:	None
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Thomas Nelson and Sons
Publication Year:	1948
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	026230
Catalogue(s):	Classic Literature ◇ Poetry, Poetical Criticism and Poets ◇ History - General

Second edition, second printing. 464pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 12mo. Very gently rubbed at corners and spine ends. Hint of toning on pages. In its original dust wrapper, chipped and chapped at edges with minor loss at edges in places, a little toned, more markedly over spine. Homer's Odyssey, written not for children or academics but for ordinary people, has been a best-seller for 3000 years. It was the first great novel. Many translations of this story of human passions, adventuring and exaulted devotion and brutal vengence have focussed on the classical tradition and poetic language. Rouse's translation, in plain English, is meant for ordinary people once again.

Keywords:

Homer The Illiad Odysseus Ancient Greece Ancient Civilisations Legends