Odysseus
For ten years the Greeks have stood before the walls of Troy, and no weapon can break them. Then Odysseus, king of the small island of Ithaca, invents a trick: a giant horse made of wood. Troy falls, but the journey home becomes the most dangerous voyage of his life. A giant with a single eye locks him in his cave, a sorceress turns his men into pigs, Sirens lure with deadly song, and the sea god Poseidon wants never to let him come home. After twenty years Odysseus reaches Ithaca, alone and disguised as a beggar. In his palace more than a hundred suitors feast, all wanting to marry his wife Penelope. Only his bow can decide now. The whole Odyssey, freely retold after Gustav Schwab, with the words and phrases of the Gymi entrance exam.
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Zehn Jahre vor Troja
Ten Years before Troy
Zehn Jahre lang lagen die Griechen schon vor Troja, und zehn Jahre lang hatten die Mauern der Stadt jedem Angriff standgehalten. Die Zelte am Strand waren grau geworden vom Salz und vom Rauch, die Schiffe lagen mit morschen Planken im Sand, und über dem ganzen Lager hing eine dumpfe Verdrossenheit, die sich wie Nebel in jedes Zelt schlich. Die stolze Zuversicht der ersten Jahre war längst einer stillen Hoffnungslosigkeit gewichen. Odysseus, der König der kleinen Felseninsel Ithaka, spürte sie auch. Jede Nacht, bevor er einschlief, rief er sich Penelope vor Augen und den Sohn Telemach, der ein Säugling gewesen war, als die Schiffe ausliefen. Inzwischen musste der Junge fast ein Mann sein, und Odysseus hatte ihn nie laufen sehen.
For ten years the Greeks had lain before Troy, and for ten years the walls of the city had withstood every attack. The tents on the beach had turned grey from the salt and the smoke, the ships lay in the sand with rotting planks, and over the whole camp hung a dull weariness that crept like fog into every tent. The proud confidence of the first years had long since given way to a quiet hopelessness. Odysseus, the king of the small rocky island of Ithaca, felt it too. Every night, before he fell asleep, he called to mind Penelope and his son Telemachus, who had been a baby when the ships sailed. By now the boy must be almost a man, and Odysseus had never seen him walk.
Die grössten Helden lebten nicht mehr. Hektor, der Beste der Trojaner, war im Zweikampf gefallen, und Achill, der unbesiegbare Grieche, war von einem Pfeil an der Ferse getroffen worden, der einzigen Stelle, an der er verwundbar war. Wenige Tage zuvor hatte es auch Paris ereilt, den schönen Königssohn, der einst Helena aus Sparta geraubt und damit den ganzen Krieg verschuldet hatte. Doch die Stadt stand noch, als ob die Götter selbst ihre Steine gesetzt hätten.
The greatest heroes were no longer alive. Hector, the best of the Trojans, had fallen in single combat, and Achilles, the invincible Greek, had been struck by an arrow in the heel, the only place where he could be wounded. A few days earlier fate had overtaken Paris too, the handsome king's son who had once carried off Helen from Sparta and so brought about the whole war. Yet the city still stood, as if the gods themselves had laid its stones.
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- Odysseus · Germană (original)B2 Intermediar · 71.232 de cuvinte · ~8 h
- Odysseus · EnglezăB2 Intermediar · 78.350 de cuvinte · ~8 h 45 min
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În ce limbi pot citi Odysseus?
Germană și engleză. Alege limba în care vrei să citești și pe cea pe care o vrei alături: fiecare paragraf stă lângă traducerea sa, așa că poți verifica o frază fără să pierzi locul unde ai rămas.
Ce nivel are?
Originalul în germană este de nivel B2 Intermediar. În traducere: engleză: nivel B2 Intermediar. Nivelurile urmează Cadrul European Comun de Referință, de la Pre-A1 (primii pași) la C2.
Cât de lungă este?
Aproximativ 71.232 de cuvinte în 43 capitole: în jur de 8 h 45 min de lectură, cu traducerea alături. Timpul depinde de nivelul ediției: o ediție mai ușoară se citește mai încet.
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