书名：The Odyssey (Macmillan Collector's Library)奥德赛
作者：Homer

出版社名称：Macmillan Collector's Library

出版时间：2016

语种：英语
ISBN：9781909621459

商品尺寸：10.3 x 2.2 x 15.6cm

包装：精装
页数：408（以实物为准）

Homer's great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea-monsters and sirens, while his wife Penelope is forced to resist the suitors who besiege her on Ithaca. Both an enchanting fairy tale and a gripping drama, The Odyssey is immensely influential, not least for its rich complexity and the magnetism of its hero.

This Macmillan Collector's Library edition uses a translation by T. E. Lawrence, now remembered as 'Lawrence of Arabia' and the author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. First published in 1932, his translation took four years to complete and has been continuously in print ever since. It is recognized as the first translation to be both faithful to the original text and written in accessible language. This edition also features an afterword by Ben Shaw.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

荷马（Homer，约公元前9世纪~前8世纪），相传为古希腊的游吟诗人，生于小亚细亚，创作了不朽史诗《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》，统称《荷马史诗》。关于荷马其人，学界目前没有确切证据证明荷马的存在，所以也有人认为他是传说中被构造出来的人物。而关于《荷马史诗》，大多数学者认为是当时经过几个世纪口头流传的诗作的结晶。荷马在口头诗歌的基础上旁征博引、推陈出新，用诗人的情怀及文字的魅力将特洛伊战争描绘得精彩绝伦。凭借杰出的艺术才能，他被但丁赞誉为“诗人之王”。

《荷马史诗》语言简练，情节生动，形象鲜明，结构严谨，是西方首部重要的文学作品，影响极为深远。荷马也被后人誉为与但丁、莎士比亚、歌德齐名的“世界四大诗人”之一。

Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece. Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives. He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems.