Homer's Odyssey: A Companion to the English Translation of Richard Lattimore

Author: Homer

Editor: Peter Jones

ISBN: 9781853990380

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Ancient World

Peter Jones provides a line-by-line commentary on Homer's Odyssey that explains the factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Odyssey. It also illuminates epic style, Homer's methods of composition, the structure of work, and his characterization. The introduction describes the features of oral poetry and looks at the history of the text of the Odyssey.