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ISBN13: 9780140268867 
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of twists and turns
driven time and again off course, once
he had plundered
the hallowed heights of Troy.
So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of The Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin in The New York Review of Books hails as "a distinguished achievement."
If The Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, then The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces, during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, is at once the timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.
In the myths and legends that are retold here, 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.
Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb Introduction and textual commentary provide new insights and background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation.
This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the public at large, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students.
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About the Author
Bernard Knox is Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.
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waitingtoleave, September 29, 2007 (view all comments by waitingtoleave)
this is an amazing book, with something for anyone. if you are interested in studying philosophy, you'll find it here. but, you can also read a great adventure story with fables and a love story written in. in that sense, this is a great translation; if you want to read this for the sake of entertainment, Fagles is a great translator. if you want to read for philosophical discussion, however, he might not serve your purposes. the thing you have to know about Fagles is, he often inserts adjectives and the feel of the entire story changes. so, if you want fidelity to the Greek words, try Lattimore. if you want fidelity to the Greek metrical sense, try Mandelbaum or Pope. and if you want fidelity to the Greek adventure epic, Fagles is your guy.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780140268867
- Translator:
- Fagles, Robert
- Introduction:
- Knox, Bernard MacGregor Walke
- Translator:
- Fagles, Robert
- Introduction:
- Knox, Bernard MacGregor Walke
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Location:
- London
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- Poetry
- Subject:
- Poetry (poetic works by one author)
- Subject:
- Continental european
- Subject:
- Odysseus (Greek mythology)
- Subject:
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Subject:
- Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Subject:
- Epic literature
- Subject:
- Classical literature
- Subject:
- Odysseus
- Copyright:
- 1999
- Edition Description:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Series Volume:
- EPA-650/2-74-081
- Publication Date:
- January 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 541
- Dimensions:
- 8.36x5.82x1.49 in. 1.35 lbs.
