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Joe
Jul 01, 2021 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I dunno. This was my own fault for having the wrong expectations, but the whole traveling past crazy monsters in the Mediterranean is just a couple-chapter flashback in between Telemachus lamenting his fate and Odysseus plotting murder and lying to his family and friends. Impressively readable translation, though.
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Rachel
Mar 10, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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I read this in preparation for Ulysses, which I never finished. I thought I was re-reading The Odyssey but it turns out I had never read it. So I'm glad I did. It was sort of an effort, but you know how these kinds of books are. The basic story is still one of the best stories ever told and I understand a lot of references better now. ...more
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Meghan
Nov 12, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Each man delights in the work that suits him best. ~ Homer
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