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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2006
by Homer; Knox, Bernard [Editor]; Fagles, Robert [Translator]; Knox, Bernard [Introduction];
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Robert Fagles' stunning modern-verse translation is now available in this Penguin Classics edition.
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- Title The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
- Author Homer; Knox, Bernard [Editor]; Fagles, Robert [Translator]; Knox, Bernard [Introduction];
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Condition New
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, New York
- Date 2006-10-31
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0143039954_used
- ISBN 9780143039952 / 0143039954
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.12 x 0.98 in (19.71 x 13.00 x 2.49 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 830
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Odysseus (Greek mythology), Epic poetry, Greek
- Dewey Decimal Code 883.01
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Summary
Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line
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.
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.