The Odyssey

By Homer

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Homer's epic follows Odysseus on his ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, as gods, monsters and storms keep him from his family. At home, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, hold out against the suitors who have overrun the house and press her to remarry. This Penguin Classics edition is Robert Fagles's verse translation, with an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

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• Shane Parrish: “If you haven’t tackled reading Homer’s classic, 12,110-line epic poem, this new translation might provide the perfect reason to try. Astonishingly, since its origin nearly three millennia ago, Wilson is the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English.”