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Odisséia II: O Regresso

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A L&PM Editores apresenta aos leitores de língua portuguesa uma novíssima tradução da Odisséia. Donaldo Schüler, um dos maiores helenistas brasileiros, traduziu diretamente do grego esta que pode ser considerada a obra isolada mais importante da literatura ocidental. Em formato pocket, a edição bilíngüe se apresenta em três volumes. Ao lançamento de Telemaquia (cantos I a IV) junta-se Regresso (cantos V a XII) e, em breve, Ítaca, completando os 24 cantos do poema.Surgida no século IX a.C., a Odisséia mostra as viagens e aventuras de Odisseu após a sua participação na Guerra de Tróia e o regresso do herói a Ítaca, para junto da mulher e do filho. Na segunda parte da epopéia, a narrativa concentra-se no relato do próprio herói, que conta as suas desventuras. Ele e seus homens teriam vencido o ciclope Polifemo, visitado o Hades (o mundo subterrâneo) e sobrevivido ao traiçoeiro canto das sereias, entre vários outros perigos. Homero, a quem se atribui a Ilíada e a Odisséia, teria nascido perto de Esmirna, no século IX a.C. Ele teria dirigido uma escola de retórica e em seguida viajado por todo o mundo mediterrâneo. Seu falecimento teria ocorrido na ilha de Ios. Atribuiu-se ao poeta os Hinos homéricos, composições épicas dirigidas aos deuses, e a Batracomiomaquia, paródia burlesca da Ilíada e de outras obras perdidas. A questão homérica, uma das maiores discussões literárias do fim do século XVII, pôs em dúvida a existência de um único poeta para as duas epopéias ou mesmo para cada uma delas, indo até a idéia de “obras anônimas da criatividade popular". Os progressos arqueológicos, históricos e lingüísticos do fim do século XIX permitiram rejeitar a tese de que a Ilíada e a Odisséia fossem fruto apenas da criação popular do gênio grego, e hoje se vê reforçada a idéia de que Homero partiu de elementos da tradição oral, organizando-os, dando-lhes forma final e complexificando as estratégias narrativas.

280 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2007

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Homer (Greek: Όμηρος born c. 8th century BC) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.
Homer's Iliad centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predominantly known for its tragic and serious themes, the Homeric poems also contain instances of comedy and laughter.
Homer's epic poems shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture and education, fostering ideals of heroism, glory, and honor. To Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" (τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν). In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Virgil refers to Homer as "Poet sovereign", king of all poets; in the preface to his translation of the Iliad, Alexander Pope acknowledges that Homer has always been considered the "greatest of poets". From antiquity to the present day, Homeric epics have inspired many famous works of literature, music, art, and film.
The question of by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed continues to be debated. Scholars remain divided as to whether the two works are the product of a single author. It is thought that the poems were composed at some point around the late eighth or early seventh century BC. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity; the most widespread account was that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary.

French: Homère, Italian: Omero, Portuguese, Spanish: Homero.

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