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Description for 20061030
CD-Audio. Containing 14 CDs, this abridgement of the Homeric epics "Iliad" and "Odyssey" conveys the shape of both poems through a selection of substantial and complete passages. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 242 x 44. Weight in Grams: 536.
Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, abridged - More than 3,000 years after the fall of Troy, here at last is a rendition of the Homeric epic that everybody can understand and appreciate. The world can't hear Homer speak his own words, but Stanley Lombardo is the next best thing. Reading his own acclaimed (unabridged) translations, Lombardo's insightful rendition takes advantage of the rhythms and other poetic resources of everyday American speech. The result provides cinematic and performance qualities to the time-honored poetry—sharp scene cuts, dynamic language, urgency of the characters (human and divine). His virtuoso performance in these audiobooks reflects ... Read more
Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, abridged - More than 3,000 years after the fall of Troy, here at last is a rendition of the Homeric epic that everybody can understand and appreciate. The world can't hear Homer speak his own words, but Stanley Lombardo is the next best thing. Reading his own acclaimed (unabridged) translations, Lombardo's insightful rendition takes advantage of the rhythms and other poetic resources of everyday American speech. The result provides cinematic and performance qualities to the time-honored poetry—sharp scene cuts, dynamic language, urgency of the characters (human and divine). His virtuoso performance in these audiobooks reflects ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Essential Homer United States
Format
CD
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Las Vegas, United States
ISBN
9781930972124
SKU
V9781930972124
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Homer
Stanley Lombardo is professor of classics at the University of Kansas, USA. His translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally published by Hackett Publishing Company in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
Reviews for 20061030
Great poetry is best heard, not just read, and these two CD sets of Homer’s epic works are exemplars of the spoken word. Stanley Lombardo, professor of classics at the University of Kansas, is among the leading scholars of Homer, and here reads his own translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey in their entirety. Each recorded set includes a ... Read more