Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly
conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering
emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves
inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War.
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The Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of everyman’s journey
through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned
translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer’s
original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an
Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer’s students.
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