Selections from Homer's Iliad and Odusseia - Homer, Homer
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These Selections from Homer's Iliad and Odusseia confine themselves to the highest moments of epic poetry in the work of Homer. The translation seeks above all to preserve the terseness and sobriety of Homer's writing. The usual verbosity of English, especially "poetic" English, is utterly contrary to the noble tone of Homer. The translation attempts also, insofar as possible, to follow the articulation of the Greek text into separate verses, partly in order to respect the way thoughts unfold in Homer, partly to ease the work of readers who may wish to move from English to Greek, or vice versa.…mehr

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These Selections from Homer's Iliad and Odusseia confine themselves to the highest moments of epic poetry in the work of Homer. The translation seeks above all to preserve the terseness and sobriety of Homer's writing. The usual verbosity of English, especially "poetic" English, is utterly contrary to the noble tone of Homer. The translation attempts also, insofar as possible, to follow the articulation of the Greek text into separate verses, partly in order to respect the way thoughts unfold in Homer, partly to ease the work of readers who may wish to move from English to Greek, or vice versa.
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Philippe Nonet was born in Liège, Belgium in 1939. He completed his legal education at the University of Liège in 1961, and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. He taught at the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley from l977 until his retirement in 2007. He has written on jurisprudence, the philosophy of law, and ancient Greek tragedy. Among his main works are his book on Administrative Justice (l972), and articles on "Antigone's Law" (2006) and on "The Destiny of Freedom" in modern times (2008).