I am also a writer of poetry, music and musician. I speaking Italian fluently and realize translating Italian poetry to English in the same meter with forced rhymes (English famously not as Poetic as Italian or Greek) is iffy at best. Finally realizing they seemed "contrived". THIS is the way Homer was meant to be LISTENED to Trying to imagine what life was like for even those at the top of society was quite a stretch. Penelope comes across as a strong hero in her own right and not some shrinking wallflower. If so, his drums and the haunting melody on a flute are a portal to move from Susan Sarandon's helpful introductions to travel back to the story. Lombardo plays the drums in the musical interludes introducing each chapter. I am still very touched just to remember that scene representing faithulness and love. Odysseus cannot allow anyone to realize that the dog recognized him, so he hides his tears. It was when Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, came back to his home and his faithful dog, Argos, dies after recognizing his master. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
So having those brief introductions read by her was very helpful to me. For example, Homer expects his audience to understand that women slaves washed the tired bodies of men, but that custom is as strange to us as their view of the dead in Hades. Susan Sarandon's voice was pleasant and her comments were helpful to visualize the structure of the chapter and to learn about the cultural aspects that are unknown to most of us. Some may feel that this translation was too 'free' compared with the cononical version, but it felt more natural to me.
Although he is not as gifted a reader as my favorite narrator, John Lee, the modern translation was so refreshing and clear that I didn't miss John's well-modulated tones. Reading his own translation, Stanley Lombardo gave the characters the right pacing and inflection. What does Stanley Lombardo and Susan Sarandon bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? But o the Greeks of Homer's day, either notion would have seemed sacreligious and absurd. We may view nature and the things that happen to us as the result of impersonal, physical forces or, perhaps, those forces being superintended by a benevolent, omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent God. It was when I began to realize just how foreign to our modern way of thinking is the whole pantheon of gods and godesses quarreling and playing tricks that formed the traditional foundation of ancient Greek life. What was one of the most memorable moments of Odyssey? Here is an audiobook that I will listen to and recommend to others because the story is timeless and the rendering in word and in voice is so fresh and clear.
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