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Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If The Iliad is the world''s greatest war story, then The Odyssey is literature''s greatest evocation of every man''s journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator''s task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.


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The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set

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By Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox

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    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780147712554, 978-0147712554
    ISBN10: 0147712556
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    Book Synopsis
    Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If The Iliad is the world''s greatest war story, then The Odyssey is literature''s greatest evocation of every man''s journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator''s task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.


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