The Odyssey
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Rated 1 starsDon’t like the conditions man
I bought a “very good condition” copy but it was written on the inside. I thought very good conditions weren’t supposed to have writing on the inside.
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Rated 2 starsRight edition, mildewed is not 'good' condition
I was pleased for a second as I pulled this book out of its packaging-- the right edition! However, it is marked with mildew and has a distinct *smell* to it, so I won't be able to add it to my shelves. Not happy.
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Rated 5 starsA phenomenal deal for a little volume!
I was able to get a “Very Good Condition” copy of this for less than $5, and was very pleased with it. In the version I received, there has not yet been annotations seen in it, and the book itself is impressively small and easy to understand compared to the other times I’ve read translations of the Odyssey. Very good for the average reader, or for academics wanting to understand the story before looking at it more intellectually!...
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Rated 5 starsperfect
exactly what you want when thrifting homer
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Rated 5 stars5 stars for being unique and comfortable in its own skin.
Most everybody knows about the Odyssey of Homer (the story and all that), so this review is about this particular translation by Stanley Lombardo. You have the classic English verse translations (Chapman, Pope, Cowper) and the classic prose translations (Butcher and Lang, Palmer), then you have the twentieth century crowd (Lattimore, Fitzgerald, Mandelbaum, Fagles, Rieu, Rouse, Shewring etc...) Some of these are verse and...
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