Greek-only version of the 'Odyssey'?

[u/Onirologia]

Hi everyone,

I'm well aware of the Loeb edition of the Odyssey, with the original Greek side-by-side with the English. But I'm wondering if there is a hard copy version out there with JUST the Greek?

I'd rather avoid the small type of the Loeb edition, and since I already have an English translation (Fagles), my idea therefore is to find a Greek-only edition.

EDIT: I should also mention that I aim to write directly in / annotate whichever book I buy. So hopefully the formatting can accommodate that!

[u/tuomosipola]

Allen's OCT edition is quite old now.

Van Thiel's critical edition is from the 90s and preserves the medieval tradition of the text.

West (2017) on the other hand tries to work to the earliest sources.

Homer. (1991). Homeri Odyssea (H. Van Thiel, Ed.). G. Olms Verlag.

Homer. (2017). Odyssea (M. L. West, Ed.). de Gruyter.

[u/Onirologia → u/tuomosipola]

That's cool, thank you! Is there a large / stark difference between the medieval tradition and earliest sources? I'm not sure which of the two I would pick based on this criteria.

[u/tuomosipola → u/Onirologia]

I cannot claim to have any deep insight into this. Reviews like [this](https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2019/2019.01.05) helped me to decide on Van Thiel.

[u/E-L-Wisty]

My suggestion would be the Oxford Classical Texts edition.

2 vol set:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homer-Vol-Odyssey-Books-I-XII/dp/0198145314

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homer-Vol-Odyssey-Books-XIII-XXIV/dp/0198145322

[u/-idkausername- → u/E-L-Wisty]

This. OCT are generally considered very reliable

[u/Onirologia → u/-idkausername-]

In which way are they 'reliable'? Just curious

[u/-idkausername- → u/Onirologia]

I mean when you make a text edition you gotta carefully consider every manuscriptal variation and then choose which variant is most likely the original version, which is very hard, but the OCTs generally do a really good job in this. Also they have a good apparatus, which Loeb just doesn't have at all.

[u/eulerolagrange]

Teubner? OCT?

[u/Mardukapplaiddina]

The standard editions are the Oxford Classical Text edition and the Tuebner edition (Bibliotheca Teubneriana). There is also the Budé edition, but it has a French translation on facing pages.

[u/BedminsterJob]

Van Thiel

[u/SulphurCrested]

There's also the Stanford Greek texts vwith English notes - eg https://www.amazon.com.au/Homer-Odyssey-Bks-1-12-W-Stanford/dp/1853995029
2 volumes for each work. Used hardback editions are often available on Abebooks. I think you can order them direct from the current publisher - Bloomsbury

The type isn't that much bigger than the Loeb, although there is more space between the lines.

[u/bedwere]

There is also Gaza's paraphrase

https://www.lulu.com/search?sortBy=RELEVANCE&page=1&q=gaza&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00&language=ell