The Odyssey Collins Classics — Homer

There would h have been less controversy about the proper method of Homeric translation if critics had recognised that the question is a purely relative one that of Homer there can be no final translation The taste and the literary habits of each age demand dif ferent qualities in poetry and therefore a different sort of rendering of Homer To the men of the time of Elizabeth Homer would have appeared bald it se ems and lacking in ingenuity if he had been presen ted in his antique simplicity For the Elizabethan age Chapman supplied what was then necessary and the mannerisms that were then deemed of the essence of poetry namely daring and luxurious conceits Thus in Chapman s verse Troy must shed her towers for te ars of overthrow and when the winds toss Odysseus about their sport must be called the horrid tennis

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Alas that mortalsShould blame the gods From us they say All evils come Yet they themselvesIt is who through defiant deedsBring sorrow on them far more sorrowThan fate would have them bear Attributed to the blind Greek poet Homer The Odyssey is an epic tale about cunning and strength of mind It takes its starting point ten years after the fall of the city of Troy and follows its Greek warrior hero Odysseus as he tries to journey to his home of Ithaca in northwest Greece after the Greek victory over the Trojans On his travels Odysseus comes across surreal islands and foreign lands where he is in turn challenged and supported by those that he meets on his travels as he attempts to find his way back home in order to vanquish those who threaten his estate In turn his son Telemachus has to grow up quickly as he attempts to find his father and protect his mother from her suitors Dealing with the universal themes of temptation and courage the epic journey that Odysseus undertakes is as meaningful today as it was almost 3 000 years ago when the story was composed

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best loved essential classics Alas that mortals Should blame the gods From us they say All evils come Yet they themselves It is who through defiant deeds Bring sorrow on them far more sorrow Than fate would have them bear Attributed to the blind Greek poet Homer The Odyssey is an epic tale about cunning and strength of mind It takes its starting point ten years after the fall of the city of Troy and follows its Greek warrior hero Odysseus as he tries to journey to his home of Ithaca in northwest Greece after the Greek victory over the Trojans On his travels Odysseus comes across surreal islands and foreign lands where he is in turn challenged and supported by those that he meets on his travels as he attempts to find his way back home in order to vanquish those who threaten his estate In turn his son Telemachus has to grow up quickly as he attempts to find his father and protect his mother from her suitors Dealing with the universal themes of temptation and courage the epic journey that Odysseus undertakes is as meaningful today as it was almost 3 000 years ago when the story was composed