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The Odyssey of Homer
by HOMER
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
USA: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Modern Library Standard Edition. Translated by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang. Introduction by Gilbert Highet. Red cloth binding is clean and unmarked, trace wear to edges, if any; sewn binding tight and solid and square; Internals quite clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. "Odyssey" means the poem about Odysseus who was one of the Greek princes who captured Troy. This poem, with the "Iliad", tells how a Greek army besieged the prehistoric city of Troy, and how, after its fall, they returned home with great difficulty and danger. They don't tell the whole story--our imagination has to do some filling in! 383 pages. 7.25 x 5 inches. 1950, The Modern Library, USA
Synopsis
The Odyssey (Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon. Indeed it is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature. It was probably composed near the end of the eighth century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek-speaking coastal region of what is now Turkey. - [Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023656
- Title
- The Odyssey of Homer
- Author
- HOMER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY ANCIENT LITERATURE GREEK TROY POETRY
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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