ISBN: 0809315467 9780809315468

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting

Page count: 235

<p>A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the <i>Odyssey.</p></i><p>Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many 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 <i>Odyssey. </i>His notes also enhance an appreciation of the <i>Odyssey </i>by<i></i>illuminating epic style, Homer's methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure of the work.</p>