Title: Ὀδύσσεια

Title: Title Record # 739745
Author: Homer
Date: date unknown
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Iliad and The Odyssey
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: Ancient Greek

Note: Written near the end of the 8th century BCE. The first printed version of the story is dated 1488. A listing of older papyrus and manuscript versions (and fragments) of the Odyssey is available from Roger Pearse.

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Year	Title
1488	The Odyssey
1504	The Odyssey
1517	The Odyssey
1524	The Odyssey
1909	Ομήρου Όδύσσεια^?Homērou Odysseia
1931	Odyssey

Year	Language	Title
unknown^ⓘTranslated by Johann Heinrich Voß	German	Die Odyssee
1582^ⓘFirst complete Italian translation. Translated by Girolamo Baccelli.	Italian	L'Odissea d'Homero
1615^ⓘFirst English edition. Translated by George Chapman	English	Odysses
1665^ⓘTranslated by John Ogilby	English	Homer, His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations
1711^ⓘTranslated by Josuae (Joshua) Barnes	Latin	Homērou Odysseia^?Homerou Odysseia
1725^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Pope, first published in 1725.	English	The Odyssey of Homer
1780^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand, possibly revised by William Henry Melmoth, Esq.	English	The Odyssey
1791^ⓘTranslated by William Cowper	English	The Odyssey of Homer
1815^ⓘThis edition was in both Latin and Greek (presumably in Modern Greek). Translated by Samuel Clarke.	Latin	Homeri Odyssea
1834^ⓘTranslated by William Sotheby	English	The Odyssey of Homer
1872^ⓘTranslated by William Cullen Bryant Originally published in 4 volumes of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Vol. 1 of The Odyssey was published in 1871; Vol. 2 in 1872. We use the date of the conclusion of the publication.	English	The Odyssey
1879^ⓘTranslated by S. H. Butcher and Andrew Lang. Translated into English prose.	English	The Odyssey of Homer
1889^ⓘTranslated by Carel Vosmaer	Dutch	De Odussee van Homeros [as by Homeros]
1904^ⓘTranslated by George Chapman	English	The Odyssey
1929^ⓘTranslated by George Herbert Palmer	English	The Odyssey of Homer
1932^ⓘTranslated by T. E. Lawrence	English	The Odyssey
1946^ⓘTranslated by E. V. Rieu	English	The Odyssey
1948^ⓘTranslated by F. L. Lucas	English	The Odyssey
1953^ⓘTranslated by W. H. D. Rouse.	English	The Odyssey
1959^ⓘTranslated by Frans van Oldenburg Ermke	Dutch	Odyssea [as by Homeros]
1961^ⓘTranslated by Robert Fitzgerald. "Winner of the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into English."	English	The Odyssey
1962^ⓘTranslated by Dr. Onno Damsté	Dutch	Homèros' odyssee [as by Homeros]
1987^ⓘRetold for a juvenile audience by Robin Lister. Translated by Robin Lister	English	The Odyssey [as by Homer and Robin Lister]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Evaristo de Sela.	Galician	Odisea
1991^ⓘTranslated by Shaul Tchernichovsky	Hebrew	The Odyssey
1996^ⓘTranslated by Nikos Kazantzakis and Johannes Th Kakridis (credited as N. Kazantzakē and I. Th. Kakridē).	Greek	Ομηρου Οδυσσεια^?Homērou Odysseia
1996^ⓘTranslated by Robert Fagles in verse	English	The Odyssey
2001^ⓘTranslated by Randy Lee Eickhoff	English	The Odyssey: A Modern Translation of Homer's Classic Tale
2010^ⓘGeneric title record for English language translations of the Odyssey by unknown translators.	English	The Odyssey
2010^ⓘTranslated by Samuel Butler "Translated and rendered into English prose by Samuel Butler."	English	The Odyssey
2011^ⓘTranslated by Frederico Lourenço	Portuguese	Odisseia [as by Homero]
2017^ⓘTranslated by Emily Wilson	English	The Odyssey
2020^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Pope	English	The Odyssey

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	Pages	Format	Type
The Odyssey	1488-12-09	Homer	Bernardus Nerlius	378	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Odyssey	1504-10-31	Homer	Aldine Press		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Odyssey	1517-06-00	Homer	Aldine Press		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Odyssey	1524-00-00	Homer	Aldine Press		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Ομήρου Όδύσσεια^?Homērou Odysseia	1909-00-00	Homer	Oxford University Press	[457]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Odyssey	1931-00-00	Homer	Nonesuch Press	759	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni

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Reviews

Review [English] by Gregory Hays (2017) in The New York Times Book Review, December 10, 2017
Review [English] by Robert Silverberg (2018) in Asimov's Science Magazine, May-June 2018
Review [English] by Joumana Khatib (2018) in The New York Times Book Review, December 9, 2018
Review [English] by Henry Eliot (2018) in The Penguin Classics Book