Preface
I. From Ithaca to Wonderland
Chapter 1: Telemachus' Journey (Od.1-4)
Chapter 2: Odysseus from Calypso to the Phaeacians (Od.5-8)
Chapter 3: Odysseus' Wanderings (Od.9-12)
II. From Wonderland to Ithaca
Chapter 4: Odysseus and Telemachus at Eumaeus' Hut (Od.13-16)
Chapter 5: Odysseus and Telemachus Strategize at the Palace
(Od.17-20)
Chapter 6: Revenge, Reunion, and Reconciliation (Od.21-24)
Afterword
Bibliography
DR. KOSTAS MYRSIADES is a professor emeritus of comparative and
Greek literature and a distinguished translator and Neohellenist.
He is the recipient of the Gold Medallion from the
Hellenic Society of Translators of Literature (Athens, Greece) and
the author of twenty books. He was also the editor of College
Literature a quarterly of literary criticism, theory, and
pedagogy.
Kostas Myrsiades’ remarkably accessible and lively commentary comes
as a great boost to readers who approach the Odyssey with great
interest but little background in the world of the epic and the
techniques of Homer. This book serves as a kind of museum
guide through each portion of the Odyssey, giving us the benefit of
the author’s wealth of erudition and knowledge in readily
understandable prose. Myrsiades not only explains the peculiar
features of the narrative and content but also offers many helpful
interpretive approaches, including some recent controversial
suggestions, that have arisen from his decades of teaching this
epic. This commentary will be especially helpful in giving
high school and college teachers with little formal classical
training the information and tools that will make them
authoritative in the classroom. A pleasure to read.— Scott
Richardson, Professor of Classics, St. John’s University and the
College of St. Benedict
"An eloquently erudite and insightful analysis of one of the
world's most famous works of literature from Ancient Greece."—
Midwest Book Review
"Recommended." — Choice
"The book is a great pleasure to read....Reading Homer’s
Odyssey is a book that does exactly what it promises: it helps
its reader to read (and understand) the Odyssey. It will
appeal to a broad readership as well as to scholars and students of
Classics and other fields, and it may also be suggested as
accompanying reading in Classical Civilization classes or similar
courses."— Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Recommended." — Choice
"The book is a great pleasure to read....Reading Homer’s
Odyssey is a book that does exactly what it promises: it helps
its reader to read (and understand) the Odyssey. It will
appeal to a broad readership as well as to scholars and students of
Classics and other fields, and it may also be suggested as
accompanying reading in Classical Civilization classes or similar
courses."— Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"An eloquently erudite and insightful analysis of one of the
world's most famous works of literature from Ancient Greece."—
Midwest Book Review
Kostas Myrsiades’ remarkably accessible and lively commentary comes
as a great boost to readers who approach the Odyssey with great
interest but little background in the world of the epic and the
techniques of Homer. This book serves as a kind of museum
guide through each portion of the Odyssey, giving us the benefit of
the author’s wealth of erudition and knowledge in readily
understandable prose. Myrsiades not only explains the peculiar
features of the narrative and content but also offers many helpful
interpretive approaches, including some recent controversial
suggestions, that have arisen from his decades of teaching this
epic. This commentary will be especially helpful in giving
high school and college teachers with little formal classical
training the information and tools that will make them
authoritative in the classroom. A pleasure to read.— Scott
Richardson, Professor of Classics, St. John’s University and the
College of St. Benedict
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