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Homer: Odyssey Books XVII-XVIIICambridge Greek and Latin Classics Books XVII and XVIII of the Odyssey feature, among other episodes, the disguised Odysseus' penetration of his home after an absence of twenty years and his first encounter with his wife. The commentary provides linguistic and syntactical guidance suitable for upper level students along with detailed consideration of Homer's compositional and narrative techniques, his literary artistry and the poem's central themes.

The Satyricon is one of the most outrageous and strikingly modern works to have survived from the ancient world

are simply the clothes that ideas wear

both Pliny’s Natural History and Aelian’s On the Characteristics of Animals draw significantly on Aristotle’s biological work

while Parts 2 and 3 contain a series of chapters of grammatical introduction and exercises for translation into Latin leading up to A Level and Pre-U

as Athena and Odysseus spar with each other and Odysseus tests the quiet patience of his swineherd Eumaeus

του πιο σπουδαίου ήρωα όλων των εποχών

to the amusing story of Polyphemus' unrequited love for Galatea and its bloody conclusion

a period during which the city

The Introduction is designed to be of use to readers who do not know Greek

and his sister Elektra

It scrutinises not only the standard historical context but also the literary and philosophical one

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