具體描述
Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.
This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the "complicated" hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this version as a more fully rounded human being than ever before.
Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, Emily Wilson's Odyssey sings with a voice that echoes Homer's music; matching the number of lines in the Greek original, the poem sails along at Homer's swift, smooth pace.
A fascinating, informative introduction explores the Bronze Age milieu that produced the epic, the poem's major themes, the controversies about its origins, and the unparalleled scope of its impact and influence. Maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, and extensive notes and summaries of each book make this an Odyssey that will be treasured by a new generation of readers.
用戶評價
##隻讀瞭介紹和譯者前言
##"Tell me about a complicated man" 4/13/20-6/14/20 Bye Freshman Year!
##Excellent translation! I went to her talk at Yale. Such a sharp and attentive scholar. When she read out aloud her own translation--Penelope's dream and the massacre of the suitors, I was enamored by her words. She genuinely loves Homer and her passion for this literature just exuberated in the lecture hall. Energy overflows in her translation!
##真的很惡心。。Penelope吊著求婚人（也是Telemachus打不過的原因）就被荷馬以求婚人之口譴責，怎麼沒見有誰提Odysseus到處留情呢，本來以為他可一心一意瞭不願意和Calypso在一起，結果定睛一看Odysseus離開的前一晚美美和她打分手炮。。然後又在另外一個女神的島上吃喝玩樂瞭一年，讓自己老婆乾等著，直到手下提醒他他纔想起來迴去。。還有我受不瞭他們這麼愛麵子瞭，偏要告訴獨眼巨人自己的名字，讓波塞鼕殺瞭自己手下，非蠢即壞。。當他手下有夠倒黴。。
為瞭跟尤利西斯對照閱讀買的，封麵和毛邊裝幀都好美。Emily Wilson的翻譯輕靈敏捷乾脆，不失文學性和韻律感。偶有幾處用詞太現代有點跳戲，整體流暢通順。Intro第一頁說到epic這個詞有誤導性，讓人覺得史詩一定宏大輝煌，然而從詞源看，a epic poem本質上隻是一個被講述的故事。 始終讀不進富麗堂皇氣勢磅礴譯本的我終於在Emily Wilson的幫助下讀完瞭奧德賽。
##第一次完完整整地讀完奧德賽——關於傢，關於旅程，關於身份，關於忠誠和永恒。非常好讀的譯本，質樸順暢，沒有傳統印象中輝煌磅礴的史詩那種intimidating的感覺。Intro很好，深入淺齣。
##這版翻譯真的太絕瞭，見微知著，like the cloth of Ponelope weaved unwoven. 很喜歡結尾的dissatisfaction：人類世界總是不斷的有跌入地府的遊魂。
##書籍裝幀和毛邊設計滿分！本來不感興趣的話題，但是就是想要入手一本啊！Introduction部分寫的深入淺齣，翻譯的很不錯。
##這版翻譯真的太絕瞭，見微知著，like the cloth of Ponelope weaved unwoven. 很喜歡結尾的dissatisfaction：人類世界總是不斷的有跌入地府的遊魂。