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Companions and Latter-day Odysseuses

The best translations of the Odyssey are by Richmond Lattimore (Harper'& Row,1967) and Robert Fagles (Viking Press, 1996). Lattimore, a 1926 Dartmouth graduate, is more faithful to the Greek text, while Fagels brings out Homer's story more powerfully.

Ian Morris and Barry Powell, A New Companion to Brill, (E.J. Brill, collection of 30 essays on a variety of significant topics concerning the Homeric poems—interpretation, archaeological background, and the transmission of the text. This is where to go for any question about Homer.

William 6. Thalmann . The Odyssey: An Epic of Return (Twayne Publishers, 1992). reader-friendly guide to the Odyssey, section by section.

W.B. Stanford, The Ulysses Theme (Blackwell, 1954). Discussions of latter-day versions of Odysseus from early Greek authors to James Joyce.

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