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odyssey

the odyssey is a greekgreek
greek is a language.
epic poemepic poem
an epic poem is a narrative poem of great length about extraordinary or larger-than-life characters. ezra pound said it was a poem including history. In a preface to paradise lost, c.s. lew...
by homerhomer
omeros was the blind bard who authored iliad and odyssey.
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Reading

  • Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey
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alexander pope

alexander pope was an english poet during the Restoration. He wrote The Rape of the Lock, An Essa...

homer

omeros was the blind bard who authored iliad and odyssey.

Tolstoy

leo tolstoy was a russian writer. he wrote novels and a book called What is art? he did not accep...

calvino

calvino wrote about classics. odyssey ovid and metamorphoses robinson crusoe borges

aeneid

the aeneid is a epic poem written by virgil in latin telling the founding myth of rome by the tro...

all things shining

all things shining is a book by hubert dreyfus and sean kelly about meaningness, relying on the c...

iliad

the iliad is a greek epic poem by homer. it predates the odyssey. it takes place over the course ...

purgatorio

_purgatorio_ is the second canticle of the divina commedia following inferno. ## antepurgatory ...