Books with title The Odyssey of Homer: books I-XII

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[Dramatized with Music, Sound and Performed by a Full Cast][*Adapted and Directed by Yuri Rasovsky]When this groundbreaking serialized dramatization premiered on radio, critics were unanimous in their praise, calling it ''a feast for the ears'' and ''a magnificent blend of scholarship and showmanship.'' It won numerous honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting. **Now, more than twenty years after its first airing, Blackstone Audio is pleased to present this outstanding production, dramatized here with intermittent discussions by classical scholars. -- The ancient poem tells of a man, a hero of cunning rather than brawn, who inhabits three worlds: the world of his own reality, the world of the gods and demigods, and the world of magic and monsters. The interweaving of these three worlds contributes significantly to the delight that The Odyssey has inspired throughout the ages.Odysseus is a man who inhabits three worlds: the world of his own reality, the world of the gods, and the world of magic and monsters. This award-winning dramatization blends exciting action and rich poetry with discussions by classical scholars.

'Odyssey' is a classic poem written by Homer that consists of 12.110 verses. It is unique already in that it has reached our days in its original form. This poem is a genuine revelation of the poetic thought of ancient Hellas.…After the Trojan War, most of the survived Greek leaders returned by sea to Troy. However, after numerous troubles, only the chosen ones could have stayed alive. One of them — the cunning king Odysseus — was wandering in the sea for almost ten years…Pretty illustrations by Elena Odarych provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

When this groundbreaking serialized dramatization premiered on radio, critics were unanimous in their praise, calling it "a feast for the ears" and "a magnificent blend of scholarship and showmanship." It won numerous honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting. Now, more than twenty years after its first airing, Blackstone Audio is pleased to present this outstanding production, dramatized here with intermittent discussions by classical scholars. The ancient poem tells of a man, a hero of cunning rather than brawn, who inhabits three worlds: the world of his own reality, the world of the gods and demigods, and the world of magic and monsters. The interweaving of these three worlds contributes significantly to the delight that The Odyssey has inspired throughout the ages.

This book contains one of the most famous literary works in history, "The Odyssey" rendered into beautiful English prose. There can be, however, it appears, no final English translation of Homer. In each there must be, in addition to what is Greek and eternal, the element of what is modern, personal, and fleeting. A prose translation cannot give the movement and the fire of a successful translation in verse; it only gathers, as it were, the crumbs which fall from the richer table, only tells the story, without the song. Yet to a prose translation is permitted, perhaps, that close adherence to the archaisms of the epic, which in verse become mere oddities.

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