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The gates of horn and ivory are a literary image used to distinguish true dreams (corresponding to factual occurrences) from false. The phrase originated in the Greek language, in which the word for "horn" is similar to that for "fulfill" and the word for "ivory" is similar to that for "deceive".
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel is an epic poem by Greek poet and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, based on Homer's Odyssey. [1] It is divided into twenty-four rhapsodies as is the original Odyssey and consists of 33,333 17-syllable verses. Kazantzakis began working on it in 1924 after he returned to Crete from Germany. Before finally publishing the ...
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The novel is based on Homer's Odyssey.Painting by Nicolae Vermont, 1893. Return to Ithaca is based on Homer's The Odyssey, but differs from the original, in Örjan Lindberger's [] view, in that Johnson has added a psychological dimension where the main characters' thoughts and doubts are depicted, among other things through inner monologues.
The Telegony (Ancient Greek: Τηλεγόνεια or Τηλεγονία, romanized: Tēlegóneia, Tēlegonía) [1] is a lost epic poem of Ancient Greek literature.It is named after Telegonus, the son of Odysseus by Circe, whose name ("born far away") is indicative of his birth on Aeaea, far from Odysseus' home of Ithaca.
The Lost Books of the Odyssey [1] is a 2007 novel by Zachary Mason, republished in 2010. It is a reimagination of Homer 's Odyssey . Mason, who wrote the book while working full-time, won first prize and initial publication in a 2007 competition sponsored by Starcherone Books , an independent publisher in Buffalo , New York . [ 2 ]
The poem very loosely echoes and references Homer and some of his major characters from the Iliad.Some of the poem's major characters include the island fishermen Achille and Hector, the retired English officer Major Plunkett and his wife Maud, the housemaid Helen, the blind man Seven Seas (who symbolically represents Homer), and the author himself.
This event occurred around the time that The Book of the Law (Liber Legis) was about to be published in The Equinox, Vol. I, No. VII. [2] The writing of Book 4 was accomplished with the assistance of Soror Virakam [3] at a villa in Posillipo near Naples, Italy. The book was subsequently published in the winter of 1912–1913 in The Equinox, Vol.