Odyssey The

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Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line

The inspiration for the major motion picture The Return, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

A Penguin Classic

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780143039952
Published: November 2006

Number of pages: 560
Width: 130 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd