The Odyssey

Όμηρος

Original title: Ὀδύσσεια

Also published as: The Iliad

earliest edition we have, 1919 Neeland Media LLC, 2007 paperback 206 pages

Ancient Greek literature

The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, t...

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This book in English

Samuel BUTLER 7 printings we hold · 1996–2021 · Audio Literature
Robert Fagles 7 printings we hold · 1996–2006 · New York : Viking
A. T. Murray 5 printings we hold · 1919–1999 · Loeb Classical Library
Robert Fitzgerald 5 printings we hold · 1963–1998 · Anchor Books
Stanley Lombardo 5 printings we hold · 2000–2007 · Hackett Pub. Co.
E. V. Rieu 3 printings we hold · 1946–1991 · Penguin
W. H. D. Rouse 3 printings we hold · 1946–2007 · Signet
William Cowper 3 printings we hold · 1992–2014 · J.M. Dent
George Herbert Palmer 3 printings we hold · 1992–2004 · Barnes & Noble
Richmond Lattimore 2 printings we hold · 1996–1999 · Caedmon
Richard Lattimore 1 printing we hold · 1940 · Harper Audio
S. H. Butcher 1 printing we hold · 1971 · Bantam Books
T. E. Shaw 1 printing we hold · 1972 · Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Martin Hammond 1 printing we hold · 1987 · Penguin
Ennis Rees 1 printing we hold · 1991 · MacMillan Publishing Company.
Allen Mandelbaum 1 printing we hold · 1991 · Bantam Classics
Alexander Pope 1 printing we hold · 2002 · Borgo Press
George Chapman 1 printing we hold · 2002 · Wordsworth Editions
T. E. Lawrence 1 printing we hold · 2004 · Barnes & Noble Books
Cyril A. Pease 1 printing we hold · 2004 · Kessinger Publishing
Andrew Lang 1 printing we hold · 2005 · Digireads.com
Edward McCrorie 1 printing we hold · 2005 · The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pope Alexander 1 printing we hold · 2006 · Impala
Ian Johnston 1 printing we hold · 2006 · Richer Resources Publications
Theodore A. Buckley 1 printing we hold · 2007 · Cosimo Classics
A. Buckley Theodore 1 printing we hold · 2007 · Cosimo Classics

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Editions we hold

The Odyssey hardcover · 2021 · Chartwell Books · 320 pages · 9780785839910
The Odyssey paperback · 2019 · University of California Press · 536 pages · 9780520303362
The Odyssey paperback · 2019 · IBOO PRESS · 282 pages · 9781641813150
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 312 pages · 9781985067226
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 222 pages · 9781720820604
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · W. W. Norton & Company · 592 pages · 9780393356250
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · Sovereign · 270 pages · 9781787247109
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · Simon & Brown · 350 pages · 9781613825815
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · Arcturus Publishing Limited · 320 pages · 9781788882927
The Odyssey edition · 2018 · University of California Press · 522 pages · 9780520293632
The Odyssey hardcover · 2018 · Simon & Brown · 350 pages · 9781613825808
The Odyssey paperback · 2018 · Classics Illustrated Comics · 48 pages · 9781911238478

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