The Odyssey by Homer

Translated by E.V Rieu

365 Pages, Penguin Classic Paperback

180mm x 110mm x 18mm (L x W x T)

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Genres: Mythology / Fantasy / Adventure / Classics / Greek Mythology / Historical Fiction

Invoke the Muse, and chant of him, the man of manifold cunning, he who, having sacked the sacred citadel of Troy, was driven hither and thither by the whims of fate. Thus doth Robert Fagles commence his noble rendition of the Odysseia.

If the Ilias stands as the preeminent epic of war, then the Odysseia is the grandest portrayal in letters of mortal man's pilgrimage through the vicissitudes of life. Odysseus, relying upon his keen intellect and shrewd stratagems to endure the trials set by gods and nature, during his decade-long voyage to Ithaca after the Trojan conflict, presents a narrative both timelessly human and a personal crucible of moral fortitude.

In these re-told myths and legends, Fagles has captured the very vigor and poetic cadence of Homer's original, crafting a bold and modern tongue, bequeathing to us an Odysseia to be declaimed aloud, to be savored, and to be cherished for its sheer lyrical mastery.

The esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, through his erudite introduction and textual annotations, furnishes fresh insights and contextual understanding for both the common reader and the learned, thereby amplifying the potency of Fagles' translation.

This Odysseia is a source of delight for the seasoned classicist and the general populace alike, and shall undoubtedly enthrall a new generation of Homer's disciples.