Odyssey Commentary & Reader

Greek
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Hi all!

Can any body please recommend a good edition of the Odyssey with commentary and reader, even better if it is dual Greek/English text. Something like Steadman’s editions but covering the whole text.

Thanks!

A

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Hi Andriko,

“Homer Iliad Book I” by P. A. Draper is not exactly what you are looking for, however, it’s in the same neighborhood. It is pretty good, as a text. I used it to read book 1 and I found it a great resource.

W. B. Stanford’s Odyssey is in two volumes, I-XII and XIII-XXIV, so it does cover the entire Odyssey, however, it does not have a full vocabulary. It’s a different kind of commentary.

I’m not sure if there are any editions that cover all of the Odyssey or the Iliad with vocab, like a Steadman. The nearest thing might be Loeb Classical editions of Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad, which are parallel texts in Greek/English.

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Thanks, Stanford’s looks like the best I will get. Greek/English and full vocab is not the most essential, it’s more the commentary and analysis I am after.

A

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You mentioned dual Greek-English. Are you familar with the Loeb Classical Library (the “low-ebb” as we used to call it)? Amazon.com: The Odyssey: Books 1-12 (The Loeb Classical Library, No 104): 9780674995611: Homer, Dimock, George E., Murray, A. T.: Books