The Odyssey

If the Iliad is the worlds greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literatures grandest evocation of an everymans journey through life. Odysseus reliance on 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 a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.

In the myths and legends retold here, Fagles captures the energy and poetry of Homers original in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savour, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knoxs superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagless translation. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.