Description: Offering the first full-length commentary on Odyssey I in English since the 1980s, this new edition with facing translation aims to offer students an accessible yet authoritative introduction to the history and style of Homeric epic alongside detailed philological and linguistic analysis that will be of equal use to advanced scholars.
Review Quotes: "anyone teaching Odyssey 1 will find the commentary a valuable companion." -- Gary Vos, Cambridge Core
"To offer new perspectives on one of the most hallowed oeuvres of the Western literary canon certainly is a daunting task. Yet Pulleyn fearlessly takes up the challenge, and, unlike the epic protagonist of his text, manages in the course of his meanderings to bring his readers back to port unscathed...If this volume will help more readers to approach it in the original Greek, it will have fulfilled its purpose." -- Alexander Andrée, University of Toronto, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Homer, Odyssey I can certainly be recommended to anyone who wants to explore this classic work more closely, and specifically to engage with the Greek text." -- M.A.Orthofer, Complete Review "It is a pleasure to welcome this new commentary on Odyssey 1 . . . a wholly admirable edition" --Colin Leach, Classic s for All