From book twelve of Homer’s Odyssey :
Enough: in misery can words avail?
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale?
Zbigniew Janowski, reviewing Edith Hall’s new book The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey in the November issue of First Things , shows how these verses don’t apply to Homer’s own masterpiece:
Edith Hall’s The Return of Ulysses is a sweeping tour of almost all one could wish to demonstrate about the spell of Homer. A professor at the University of London, Hall takes the reader through literature, stage performances, musical works, and films—all showing the enduring impact of the Odyssey.
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