Homer's Odyssey

This volume assembles sixteen authoritative articles on Homer''s Odyssey that have appeared over the last thirty years. A wide variety of interpretative strategies are represented including in addition to traditional close readings the approaches of comparative anthropology narratology feminism and audience-oriented criticism. Papers have been selected for their clarity and accessibility and each is informed by close attention to philological and textual detail. A full glossary and list of abbreviations have been included and a specially written introduction puts the selections in a wider context by giving an overview of major strands in the interpretation of Homer in the second half of the twentieth century.