La ILÍADA y la ODISEA son dos tesoros milenarios que un pueblo genial --el pueblo griego que creó la tragedia, la filosofía y la democracia-- nos dejó para gozarlos y para alimentar y revitalizar la savia de nuestra grandiosa cultura, la que configuró a Europa y que hoy, en cierto modo, extiende su presencia a todos los rincones de la tierra. Para iniciarse en la lectura, una lectura que nos hará disfrutar de las más trepidantes aventuras y las más divertidas historias, nada mejor que estos fragmentos seleccionados de ambas obras, a cargo de Esperanza Cabezas y Luis Ferrero. Un título indispensable para iniciarse en la lectura de los clásicos griegos.

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La Odisea es un poema épico griego compuesto por 24 cantos, atribuido al poeta griego Homero. Se cree que fue escrito en el siglo VIII a.C., en los asentamientos que Grecia tenía en la costa oeste del Asia Menor (actual Turquía asiática). Según otros autores, la Odisea se completa en el siglo VII a.C. a partir de poemas que sólo describían partes de la obra actual. Fue originalmente escrita en lo que se ha llamado dialecto homérico. Narra la vuelta a casa del héroe griego Odiseo (Ulises en latín) tras la Guerra de Troya. Odiseo tarda diez años en regresar a la isla de Ítaca, donde poseía el título de rey, período durante el cual su hijo Telémaco y su esposa Penélope han de tolerar en su palacio a los pretendientes que buscan desposarla (pues ya creían muerto a Odiseo), al mismo tiempo que consumen los bienes de la familia.La mejor arma de Odiseo es su astucia; gracias a su inteligencia además de la ayuda provista por Palas Atenea es capaz de escapar de los continuos problemas a los que ha de enfrentarse por designio de los dioses. Para esto, planea diversas artimañas.El poema es, junto a la Ilíada, uno de los primeros textos de la épica grecolatina y por tanto de la literatura occidental. Se cree que el poema original fue transmitido por vía oral durante siglos por aedos que recitaban el poema de memoria, alterándolo consciente o inconscientemente. Era transmitida en dialectos de la Antigua Grecia. Ya en el siglo IX a.C., con la reciente aparición del alfabeto, tanto la Odisea como la Ilíada pudieron ser las primeras obras en ser transcritas.La obra consta de 24 cantos. Al igual que muchos poemas épicos antiguos, comienzan en mitad de la historia, contando los hechos anteriores a base de recuerdos o narraciones del propio Odiseo. El poema está dividido en tres partes.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE PRIX MÉDITERRANÉE 2018 From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading – and reliving – Homer’s epic masterpiece.

The first official companion book to HISTORY® network’s hit series Ancient Aliens®: a powerful journey through human history that explores fascinating unanswered questions about the origins of our civilizations. With a foreword by Series Creator, Kevin Burns. Millions of people around the world believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. What if it were true? And if so, what if there were clues left behind? Each week, hundreds of thousands of viewers tune in to the wildly popular Ancient Aliens® television series to seek insight into those very questions—and to become part of a thrilling, probing exploration of the mysteries at the heart of world civilizations. The first official companion book to the hit show, Ancient Aliens® takes readers even deeper into the mysteries that have made the show a pop culture phenomenon. Filled with exciting insights and behind-the scenes stories from the show’s creators and leading experts in ancient alien theory, the book explores the key questions at the heart of the series: Who were they? Why did they come? What did they leave behind? Where did they go? Will they return? Transporting readers around the globe, Ancient Aliens® explores the fascinating enigmas and mysterious artifacts our ancestors left behind, from incredible objects to amazingly accurate ancient maps; from the Great Pyramid of Giza and stone megaliths at Gobekli Tepe to the Nazca Plains and mysterious structures of Puma Punku. Accompanied by lavish 4-color photography throughout, the book allows armchair archaeologists to examine the evidence up close for the first time. Both the ultimate-fan book and the perfect gift for readers new to the show, Ancient Aliens® is a compelling journey through the mysteries of our ancient civilizations and the possibility of alien influence on our cultures.

By systematically confronting Greek tradition of the Heroic Age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, Margalit Finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in Greece in the second millennium BC. The main thesis of this book is that the Greeks started their history as a multi-ethnic population group consisting of both Greek-speaking newcomers and the indigenous population of the land and that the body of 'Hellenes' as known to us from the historic period was a deliberate self-creation. The book addresses such issues as the structure of heroic genealogy, the linguistic and cultural identity of the indigenous population of Greece, the patterns of marriage between heterogeneous groups as they emerge in literary and historical sources, the dialect map of Bronze Age Greece, the factors responsible for the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation and finally, the construction of the myth of the Trojan War.

Sophocles' Ajax describes the fall of a mighty warrior denied the honour which he believed was his due. This edition of the play presents a text and critical apparatus which take full advantage of advances in our understanding of Sophoclean manuscripts and scholarship. The introduction and commentary scrutinise all important aspects of the drama - from detailed analysis of style, language, and metre to consideration of wider issues such as ethics, rhetoric, and characterisation. Notorious dramaturgical problems, including the staging of Ajax's suicide, receive particular attention; so too do questions of literary history, such as the date of the play and Sophocles' creative interaction with previous accounts of the myth. The translation which accompanies the commentary ensures that this edition will be accessible to Hellenists of all levels of experience, as well as to readers with a general interest in the history of drama.