Feb/Mar Classic Spin - Winner is #20

The spin is in, #20 has become my Classic Club read. Drum roll please, I will be embarking with Odysseus in The Odyssey by Homer.

In hopes of gathering a few sailing buddies along the way, I will make this into a mini-read-along.  I added an "Add Your Link" button below to let others know you have joined in. 

I will be reading a translation by Richmond Lattimore as my primary source.  I might at times compare passages with a second translators work to show a different interpretation of a passage. Do words like dactylic hexameter scare you under the covers? They do me, so I will be using The Great Courses® lecture Odyssey of Homer to help my understanding of the 12,000+ lines of dactylic hexameter. The lecture series uses Lattimore's translation, as well. (You are free to use whatever translation you have and you do not need The Great Courses® lectures.)

Schedule for planned reading sections and postings, you don't need to follow the schedule to read-along.  I tried to break-up the reading to allow time to schedule into already overbooked reading plans and digest what is read. 

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Feb 11 – Feb 15

• Background Information Prep

Feb 16 – Feb 22

• Books I – IV (pg 27-87: 61) – This section deals primarily with Odysseus’ son Telemachos

Feb 23 – Mar 1

• Books V – VIII (pg 88-136: 49) – Odysseus leaving Kalypso island and journeys to Scheria

Mar 2 – Mar 8

• Books IX – XII (pg 137-197: 61) – Flashbacks from Odysseus’ from Troy to Kalypso island

Mar 9 – Mar 15

• Books XIII – XVII (pg 198-269: 72) – This is start of Odysseus’ narrative home to Ithaka

Mar 16 – Mar 22

• Books XVIII – XXII (pg 270-334: 65) – continuation of Odysseus’ narrative

Mar 23 – Mar 29

• Books XXIII – XXIV (pg 335-359: 25) – Conclusion and resolutions

Mar 30 – Apr 2

• Wrap-up

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Thank you to Cleo @ Classical Carousel for designing a RAL button for everyone to use.

Primary Reading Source
The Odyssey of Homer, Translated and with an Introduction by Richmond Lattimore
ISBN: 978-0-06-124418-6
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2007)

Lecture Series
Odyssey of Homer
Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland
The Great Courses®, The Teaching Company (1999)

Read Along Image: Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse (1891)
Work is in the Public domain in countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 90 years or less

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[Notice: Original posting 2014-02-11 at Plethora of Books Blog: http://bookchallenges.weebly.com]

Tags: Odyssey; Read-Alongs; Club Spins

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