The Essential Odyssey

by Homer, Stanley Lombardo (Editor), Sheila Murnaghan (Introduction)

Overview

This generous abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's translation of the Odyssey offers more than half of the epic, including all of its best-known episodes and finest poetry, while providing concise summaries for omitted books and passages. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction, a shortened version of her essay for the unabridged edition, is ideal for readers new to this remarkable tale of the homecoming of Odysseus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872208995
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/2007
Series:	Hackett Classics
Edition description:	Abridged
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. His previous translations include Homer's Iliad (1997, Hackett) and Odyssey (2000, Hackett), Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony (1993, Hackett), and Sappho, Poems and Fragments (2002, Hackett), a PEN Center USA 2003 Literary Award Finalist.

Sheila Murnaghan is Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania.