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The Odyssey of Homer: Translated by T.E. Lawrence Hardcover - 1991 - 1st Edition

by Homer; Bernard MacGregor Knox (Editor); T. E. Lawrence (Translator)


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Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery.

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  • Title The Odyssey of Homer: Translated by T.E. Lawrence
  • Author Homer; Bernard MacGregor Knox (Editor); T. E. Lawrence (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date 1991-07-25
  • ISBN 9780195068184 / 0195068181
  • Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.51 x 6.44 x 1.24 in (24.16 x 16.36 x 3.15 cm)
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Odysseus (Greek mythology), Epic poetry, Greek - Translations into
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91008350
  • Dewey Decimal Code 883.01

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  • Library Journal, 06/15/1991, Page 0

About the author


Bernard Knox is the retired Director of the Center for Hellenistic Studies and one of America's foremost classics scholars. His most recent volume is Essays Ancient and Modern.
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