Book by Homer
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The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.
Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value.The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt.
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Soft cover. Condición: USED_NEARFINE. NEAR FINE CONDITION, marking free pages. Except for 6 inch diagonal crease top half of front cover, might pass as like new. The Odyssey of Homer: As Translated by Alexander Pope. Nº de ref. del artículo: SKU1005549
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Softcover. Condición: New. THE English version of The Odyssey is Alexander Pope's 1725 translation. As Dr. Johnson said, it is, "certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen." This is that text, the great Odyssey of Homer, as cast into Engish by Alexander Pope, one of the giants of English poetry. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX158715675X
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Softcover. Condición: Good. THE English version of The Odyssey is Alexander Pope's 1725 translation. As Dr. Johnson said, it is, "certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen." This is that text, the great Odyssey of Homer, as cast into Engish by Alexander Pope, one of the giants of English poetry. Nº de ref. del artículo: SONG158715675X
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Softcover. Condición: Good. THE English version of The Odyssey is Alexander Pope\'s 1725 translation. As Dr. Johnson said, it is, \"certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen.\" This is that text, the great Odyssey of Homer, as cast into Engish by Alexander Pope, one of the giants of English poetry. Nº de ref. del artículo: AMPLE158715675X
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