Better read the original The Odyssey. I understand Lamb wanted to make it more accessible for a younger audience, but he removes to much of the interesting style of Homer. He changed the narrative to chronological, while what Homer did was way more interesting. He also changed a lot of details for n

Li este livro em preparação para a leitura de "Ulysses", de James Joyce. É meu primeiro livro sobre a mitologia clássica, o qual recomendo com entusiasmo. Sugiro também as traduções adaptadas de David Bruce, onde descobri que os cursos da Prof. Elizabeth Vandiver são absolutamente imperdíveis para c

It was fun going through Ulysses adventures again, but this isn't the way to do it. The adventures are taken from the "Odyssey" & his name in Greek is Odysseus. OK, this is the Latin version so his name is Ulysses & so I'd expect the gods & goddesses to use their Latin names. They did - sometimes -

I read this as supplemental material for Ulysses, since it was Joyce's first introduction to the character. What really made it interesting was the comparison between this English school adaptation from the 19th century, and Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey, released in 2017. Lamb's version

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This is the version of The Odyssey that James Joyce supposedly use to write Ulysses. A great short version of the epic tale.