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Homer’s Odyssey

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This is the long-awaited work on Homer's Odyssey by one of our foremost teachers and scholars of the classics--John H. Finley, Jr. Already, generations of students at Harvard have benefited from his knowledge and understanding of Homer's words and world. Now his thoughts on the Odyssey are woven together in this remarkable volume. Finley begins by arguing the unity of design in the Odyssey, and shows the connection

Author(s): Finley, John Huston
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1978

Language: English
Pages: 244
City: Cambridge, Mass.
Tags: Homer -- Odyssey;Odysseus, -- King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- In literature;Homère -- Odyssée;Homerus -- Odyssea;Odysseus, -- King of Ithaca (Mythological character);Odyssey (Homer);Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism;Odyssea (Homerus);Epic poetry, Greek;Literature

Penelope --
Characterization and theme --
Origins of the tales of travel --
Ogygia and Scheria --
Odysseus' tale --
Telemachus --
The beggar --
Reunion --
Conclusion --
Appendix I. The second Nekyia --
Appendix II. The reunion at the farm.