荷馬史詩：奧德賽

by Homer, 呂健忠 (Translator )

荷馬史詩承襲希臘神話，是西洋文學的奠基之作，許多重要文學及影視作品都沿用其中母題或中心題旨，喬伊斯更以《奧德賽》為基礎，創作出文學史上的經典《尤里西斯》（Ulysses），瑪格麗特‧愛特伍亦根據奧德修斯的妻子一角，用女性主義觀點改寫而成《潘妮洛普》（The Penelopiad），由此可知《奧德賽》的重要地位。

　　《奧德賽》集歷史、民族誌、神話、傳說、民間故事、童話、傳奇、戰爭文學、旅行文學、田園文學、奇幻文學與寫實文學等敘事類型與風格之大成，描寫城邦領袖兼一家之主奧德修斯的英雄事蹟，兼及單親家庭的困擾、戰士返鄉的問題、兩性的角力、性誘惑與騷擾、海上歷險、生死大哉問、主僕關係等等，這些經驗涉及的主題包括身分認同、代溝、人際疏離、尋根、鄉愁、秩序的解體與重建等方面，呈現出人性價值，且兼具當代及普世意義。

　　本書為正體中文版首部由希臘文直譯，且保留史詩原文修辭手法和聲律，完整呈現史詩格局。譯注詳盡解說用詞典故與情節佈局的巧妙，也引用其他作品內容與概念以為例證，讀者能藉此認識更多經典著作，增廣閱讀興趣。〈引論〉旁徵博引，細緻考證荷馬史詩創作的社會及歷史脈絡，分析《奧德賽》情節與人物的心理，更引用多個譯文版本詳加比較，述及翻譯經典的心得與挑戰。附有希臘古典文學相關年表，並列知名作家、作品和歷史事件，更加了解作品背景，以及奧德修斯迷航地圖，結合史詩英雄旅程與實際地景。本書除了可欣賞史詩的優美，也能從比較文學的觀點切入，進行深度閱讀；也值得做為翻譯工作者的西方文化經典參考工具，以及深度旅行導覽的心靈地圖。


本書特色

　　1.正體中文版首見由希臘文直譯
　　2.譯文按照原文詩行行碼及格律格式，可對照各國語文版本
　　3.附奧德修斯迷航地圖及希臘古典文學年表
　　4.對戲劇、文學、翻譯有興趣的讀者、劇場工作者，以及相關科系師生均適合閱讀

672 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2018

About the author

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.