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Deals with literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. This title presents you with the author's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War.

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Wonderfully readable... Just the right blend of roughness and sophistication. (Ted Hughes)

Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. (Garry Wills, The New Yorker)

Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. (Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review)

The Odyssey

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    A Paperback / softback by Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 30 November 2006
      ISBN-13 9780143039952
      978-0143039952
      ISBN-10 0143039954
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      Fiction Poetry Non Fiction Ancient Greek religion and mythology Books by Homer

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Deals with literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. This title presents you with the author's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War.

      Trade Review
      Wonderfully readable... Just the right blend of roughness and sophistication. (Ted Hughes)

      Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. (Garry Wills, The New Yorker)

      Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. (Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review)

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