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Holub, Joan Homer Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam Milbourne, Anna North, Claire Weiss, Lynne Zamorsky, Tania.Homer
Summary: When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 883.01 HOMMilbourne, Anna
Summary: "In this new edition of The Odyssey, Homer's classic tale has been vividly retold to delight modern readers. Dramatic illustrations bring to life Odysseus's encounters at sea, complete with furious gods, bewitching goddesses, terrifying monsters and a man-eating Cyclops." --Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2016
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Summary: Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 HOMNorth, Claire
Summary: "On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORHolub, Joan
Summary: "The Goddess Girls are on their way to the Sparkle City Pet Show when they discover a cute, pink kitten on the Hello Brick Road. Two boys, Prince Paris and Odysseus, both claim the kitten is theirs. Can Artemis figure out which boy is telling the truth and get the sweet kitty back home?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Quix 2021
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Little Holub 2021Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam
Summary: "When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey that his son Daniel teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his 'one last chance' to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MENSummary: Did King Odysseus, the Trojan-horse-building genius in Homer's poem The Iliad, actually exist? In 1991, Makis Metaxas, a mayor on the Greek island of Kefalonia, discovers a 3000-year-old Mycenaean tomb. When Greece's leading archeologist, Lazaros Kolonas, begins to excavate, he unearths an object just like one described by Homer as a prized possession of Odysseus.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORZamorsky, Tania.
Summary: Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply retold for younger readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction ZamorskyWeiss, Lynne
Summary: In graphic novel format, retells the adventures of Odysseus as he tries to return home after the Trojan War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014