{"product_id":"the-telegony-rediscovering-the-lost-epilogue-to-homers-odyssey-paperback","title":"The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. M. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn classical times, the story of the Trojan War was told in a series of eight epic poems known as the Epic Cycle, of which only the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e by Homer survive to the present day. The final poem in the sequence was Eugammon of Cyrene's \u003ci\u003eTelegony\u003c\/i\u003e-an obscure, largely forgotten post-script to the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, which told of the hero's adventures in the years after his return to Ithaca, and his eventual death at the hands of Telegonus, his eponymous son by the goddess Circe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eTelegony\u003c\/i\u003e is now lost, but fragments of Odysseus' post-Homeric life are preserved in the works of later authors. Following on from his 2017 reconstruction of the \u003ci\u003eCypria\u003c\/i\u003e, editor D. M. Smith provides an exhaustive compilation of these many and varied sources, illustrating how Eugammon's poem was just one of several competing traditions concerning Odysseus' eventual fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are excerpts from Apollodorus' \u003ci\u003eBibliotheca\u003c\/i\u003e, Hyginus' \u003ci\u003eFabulae\u003c\/i\u003e, Parthenius' \u003ci\u003eErotica Pathemata\u003c\/i\u003e, and the fictional Trojan War diary of Dictys Cretensis, as well as the writings of Oppian, Plutarch, Servius, and the second-century geographer Pausanias. Smith also presents two medieval interpretations of the Telegonus story by the Middle English poets John Gower and John Lydgate. The \u003ci\u003eTelegony\u003c\/i\u003e may be gone forever, but in its absence, this comprehensive anthology will at least shed some light on what became of the wily son of Laertes after Homer left off.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51789043958048,"sku":"9798629652120","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fab019d75930aee591d2eef5859765f8.webp?v=1780664572","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-telegony-rediscovering-the-lost-epilogue-to-homers-odyssey-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}