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English translation: Odysseia

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16:29 Feb 18, 2006

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / poetry collection by Kazantzakis

Greek term or phrase: Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

Kalimera,

Can anyone tell me the "English translation of the original Greek title" of this collection? It appears in a text I am translating from English into Turkish, and is clearly the title of the English translation. But I don't want to translate the title from English, of course. (And I doubt the "A Modern Sequel" part appears in the original title.)

This collection is mentioned as the "Odysseia of Kazantzakis" in Turkish references, but as it's not been translated itself, there's no established Turkish title.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Özden Arıkan KudoZ activity Questions: 88 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 897 Germany
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English translation:Odysseia

Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls...

http://concerto.gr/ell-biblio/ellines_xenoi/elxlg8.htm

Stick to Odysseia.

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Photograph of the cover:
http://www.historical-museum.gr/kazantzakis/gr/covers/b50.ht...

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In reply to Xola's question: Odyssey in English, Odysseia elsewhere (and Kazancakis in Turkish)
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&rls=...

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Nick Lingris
Local time: 23:14

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Thank you, everyone. All the answers have been very helpful.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Odysseia

Nick Lingris

5 +1

The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

Alexandros Mouratidis

4 +2

Οδύσσεια

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi

Odyssey

Maria Karra

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

Explanation:
Actually, that is the English title (check en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odyssey:_A_Modern_Sequel). You can find more information about Kazantzakis at : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis. The Greek title is indeed Odysseia of Kazantzakis, Οδύσσεια του Νίκου Καζαντάκη in Greek (http://el.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Καζαντζάκης_Νίκος&...

Alexandros Mouratidis
Greece
Local time: 23:14
Native speaker of:

Greek

15 mins confidence:

Odyssey

Explanation:
Hi Öz :)
You're right, the English translation is indeed "Odyssey: A Modern Sequel", though the Greek title is simply "Odyssey" (odysseia).

I suppose "modern sequel" was added in English to make sure that non-Greeks who aren't necessarily familiar with this work, wouldn't confuse it with Homer's Odyssey; Kazantzakis's Odyssey in fact begins where Homer's Odyssey ends, it is a sequel.

Kazantzakis's major work was the enormous poetic work ODÌSSIA (Odyssey: A Modern Sequel), 33 333 lines long, which he wrote seven times and published in 1938. The work was accused of being too revolutionary in vocabulary and diction. Odìssia manifested the author's deep knowledge of modern archeological and anthropological discoveries.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kazantza.htm

I hope I understood your question correctly.

Maria Karra
United States
Local time: 16:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Greek
PRO pts in category: 8

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Odysseia

Nick Lingris
Local time: 23:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 92

Grading comment

Thank you, everyone. All the answers have been very helpful.

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Οδύσσεια

Explanation:
And you are right to dount it. The Greek title is just "Οδύσσεια" (Odyssey)

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dount = doubt (sorry for the typo)

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It think what they mean is this "A modern sequel, continuing Ulysses' s story form the point where Homer leaves off". It is an explanation / description of the contents of the bood.

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Read page 26, second paragraph from the end

http://www.greece2001.gr/docs/133-198.pdf

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And as Andras, very rightly, points out the title in Greek according to the author's spelling is "Οδύσεια".

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"Odysseia" in most of the Turkish web references

http://www.google.gr/search?hl=el&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-28,GGLG...

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
Greece
Local time: 23:14
Native speaker of:

Greek,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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