The Odyssey

 

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Reference

Brown, Mary Ellen and Bruce A. Rosenberg, eds. Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998. REF 803 ENC

Cuddon, J.A., ed. A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4^th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. REF 803 CUD

Kemp, Peter, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. REF 808.882 OXF

Lass, Abraham H., David Kiremidjian and Ruth M. Goldstein, The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions. New York: Facts on File, 1987. REF 803 LAS.

Lazzari, Marie, ed. Epics for Students. Detroit: Gale, 1997. REF 809.132 EPI

Magill, Frank N., ed. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. REF 803 CYC

Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. REF 803 MER

Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia. 4^th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. REF 803 BEN

Quinn, Edward, A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. New York: Facts on File, 1999. REF 803 QUI

Webber, Elizabeth and Mike Feinsilber, Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Allusions. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1999. REF 803 WEB

 

 

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Full text of The Odyssey by Homer, available from the Internet Classics Archive, at http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html or in attached document.

 

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Serials

 

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Websites

• Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 21
• Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 22
• Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 23
• Greek Myth: the Odyssey
• Homer's Odyssey resources on the Web by Jorn Barger. Provides links to the original and various public domain translations.
• Map of the Odyssey
• Odyssey in Ancient Greek and translation from Perseus Project, with hyperlinks to grammatical and mythological commentary
• Odyssey Summary and Author Biography
• The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb
• The Meaning of Tradition in Homer's Odyssey by Marcel Bas. Views The Odyssey from the perspective of Indo-European tradition and religion. 
• Ulysses by James Joyce
• Why did it take Odysseus 19 years to get home from Troy?

 

Murray, Gilbert, The Rise of the Greek Epic. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. 883.09 MUR