Homer

The Odyssey

Mitarbeit:Jones, Peter;Übersetzung:Rieu, E. V.; Rieu, D. C. H.

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Produktbeschreibung

Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his wit and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Clothbound Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 269470
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 139mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780141192444
• ISBN-10: 0141192445
• Artikelnr.: 28437492

Autorenporträt

HOMER is thought to have lived c.750-700 BC in Ionia and is believed to be the author of the earliest works of Western Literature: The Odyssey and The Iliad. E. V. RIEU was a celebrated translator from Latin and Greek, and editor of Penguin Classics from 1944-64. His son, D. C. H. RIEU, has revised his work. PETER JONES is former lecturer in Classics at Newcastle. He co-founded the 'Friends of Classics' society and is the editor of their journal and a columnist for The Spectator.