ODISSEY
(Odissea)

The publication

This new edition of the Odyssey, one of the greatest poetic masterpieces of all time, endeavours to combine philological purity with ease of expression. It represents an attempt to bring the poem closer to the contemporary reader's tastes, and at the same time, draw the reader to appreciate the rhythm and inflexions of the Greek language. The Greek text and the parallel translation in Italian are preceded by an Introduction which provides a critical account of the most recent interpretations of Ulysses as a character. Accurate notes underline the typical forms of the oral tradition and bring to light the relationships between and the meanings of events, characters and places revealing the complex plot of Homer's poem.

The author

Franco Ferrari is associate professor of Greek language and literature at the Class of Letters and Philosophy at the Scuola Normale, Pisa.