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Title: Odysseus : A Life by Charles Rowan Beye ISBN: 1-4013-0024-3 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 11 February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The "real" Odysseus
Comment: What I loved about Odysseus: A Life is that it indulges a desire to identify with this mythological character as if he were a person while simultaneously reminding one of the fundamentally Modern limits of this kind of identification. Along the way, Beye elaborates a breathtaking overview of Classical culture, vividly informed by his passionate knowledge of the literature. It is a highly enjoyable read, told with great irony and wit.
Rating: 5
Summary: Red Hot
Comment: I knew when I read "Odysseus: A Life" that Charles Beye is no ordinary or academic academic. Once voted "Red Hot Prof" by the students at Stanford University, Beye is wonderfully skilled at blending his vivid imagination and his mastery of ancient Homeric poem, myth, and history. He re-creates the epic hero as a man you can't help but find fascinating and irresistibly appealing. This book is utterly satisfying!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun for Everyone
Comment: The great thing about this book is that everyone can learn from it. Whether you are a junior high school student just embarking upon your own odyssey in the world of the classics, or a retired person trying to get back into the world of literature, or even a scholar with a good knowledge of Homer and his poems, Beye's book serves the useful function of creating a multi-dimensional character out of all of the available souces, not just a single one. In other words, Beye brings to life someone who is a mythic figure and endows him with a full set of human characteristics that allows us to recognize him as both an ancient hero and a contemporary. This is an enjoyable but also provocative and worthwhile reading and educational experience.
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Title: Rubicon : The Last Years of the Roman Republic by TOM HOLLAND ISBN: 038550313X Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Crete (National Geographic Directions) by Barry Unsworth ISBN: 0792266439 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Achilles: A Novel by Elizabeth Cook ISBN: 0312311109 Publisher: Picador Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Aphrodite's Blessing by Clemence McLaren ISBN: 0689843771 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis Crompton ISBN: 067401197X Publisher: Belknap Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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