The Odyssey

Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:Homer

页数:592

译者:Emily Wilson

出版时间:2018-11-6

价格:GBP 13.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780393356250

图书标签:OdysseyHomer古希腊GreekEmilyWilsonClassics英文原版诗歌

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.

读后感

听过TTC讲座中的荷马系列之后，对这两部久闻大名的经典史诗重新燃起了兴趣。《伊里亚特》以前曾经读过一部分，但那口气终于没有接上来。这书现在埋在家里地下室的箱子里，懒得去找，遂决定这回从《奥德赛》入手。前些天去书店买了人民文学出版社王焕生的译本。这个译本的优点是...  

荷马是西方文学、宗教甚至哲学思想的开端，像任何伟大的开端一样，这个开端非常费解。古典作品中费解的地方实在很多，求得正解不容易——阅读古典作品需要耐性，不可指望种种费解之处很快（哪怕三年、五年甚至十年）就得到解答，何况，搞清楚费解之处的文本位置以及费解的问题...  

听过TTC讲座中的荷马系列之后，对这两部久闻大名的经典史诗重新燃起了兴趣。《伊里亚特》以前曾经读过一部分，但那口气终于没有接上来。这书现在埋在家里地下室的箱子里，懒得去找，遂决定这回从《奥德赛》入手。前些天去书店买了人民文学出版社王焕生的译本。这个译本的优点是...  

伊里亚特中的“荣誉”观慢慢淡化，呈现在奥德赛里是对于财产的守护与渴求。冥府里的阿伽门农失去了原先的灵活与气力，阿基琉斯宁愿在人间为人奴役，也不愿在冥府做鬼雄。英雄的黄昏代表维柯所言“英雄时代”的落幕，民主时代在玫瑰色的黎明中悄然到来。在奥德修斯身上的英雄光...  

用户评价

终于踏马看完放假后想按照其路线来一次壮游

这个“英雄铩羽而归 人们幸福生活”的结尾好像没有Iliad好。

讲座通篇只谈"I want..."而不提贴合原作的译者还是第一次见到， 和Fagles相比韵味和仔细程度实在差太远了...是奥德赛的第一位女性译者又如何呢，若是在Hades遇到Penelope，两人也只能have a silent cup of tea吧。Fidelity, such a lonely word.

算是一个比较新的本子吧，一个女学者翻译，又特意请了个女演员来念，听了一遍，效果还是不错的；细节什么的完全不必计较，毕竟这年头和以前不同，以前锱铢必较，是各种本子竞争权威性，就说别人误人子弟，现在其实也没谁会但把一个本子奉若圭皋吧；至于Samuel Butler的假说，我是完全无感，与其说是猜作者性别，不如说是某种性别特质吧 Odyssey固与Dante的Ulysses貌合神离，可是相比Penelope，我还是更喜欢Solveig

特勒马科斯临行之际，斯巴达王表示若他愿意自己可以一道同行，御马护送他踏遍希腊的每个角落，所到之处礼物满载……这一遍特别留心读特勒马科斯的部分，经常想在《奥德赛》本卷中注定无法grown up的小王子，如果真能和斯巴达王结伴游历天下会怎样？有时看着他会觉得看到一个“被夭折”的孩子。还有另一挂心处，是奥德修斯和父亲相认，他说孩提时代父亲曾在果园里把每棵果树指给他看，突然很想知道当时是什么光景？卷十八，奥德修斯伪装之下的真心：Of all the creatures that live and breathe and creep on earth, we humans are weakest. 很流畅好读的译本，简介和末尾的注释也比较详尽。