INTRODUCTION

The Greek text of this edition is in all essentials the modern standard version original: "vulgate" — in the context of classical literature, this refers to the most widely accepted and traditionally used version of a text among scholars.. The notes provided under the text occasionally give the name of the ancient scholar original: "critic" whose specific reading was adopted, and they also identify the lines that were rejected by the Alexandrians The elite scholars and librarians of the Great Library of Alexandria who were the first to systematically edit the Homeric epics to remove what they believed were later additions.. Alternative readings original: "variants", if they are cited, are marked off by the use of colons.

Greek text: The original language in which the Odyssey was composed, presented here in its standardized scholarly form.
Vulgate: From the Latin word for "common," this refers to the version of a text that has been most frequently reproduced and accepted over time.
Alexandrians: The specialized editors of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. who worked in Alexandria, Egypt, to preserve and clarify ancient Greek literature.
Variants: Differences in wording or phrasing found when comparing different ancient manuscripts of the same work.