{"product_id":"the-odyssey-by-homer","title":"The Odyssey by Homer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tm-metadata-text-section\"\u003eFrom Penguin Adult HC\/TR -  Penguin Classics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-metadata-text-section\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-metadata-text-section\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-over-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui container tm-max-width\" id=\"title-detail-tab-line\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-about-container\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new hardcover edition of a cornerstone of the Penguin Classics catalog, in time for Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation, the 80th anniversary of Penguin Classics, and the 30th anniversary of Robert Fagles’s acclaimed translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRobert Fagles, winner of the PEN\/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation that has been a preferred translation for generations of readers and students for its accessibility and dynamic read. \"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, which Jasper Griffin in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehailed as \"a distinguished achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the world's greatest war epic, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis literature's grandest evocation of an 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 a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the myths and legends retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles's translation. This is an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate generations of Homer's audience.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-100 bg-white\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-100 bg-white\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui container border-top-gray-300 position-relative\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-1 d-flex justify-content-space-between pb-5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Classics Hardcover","offer_id":52519075512613,"sku":"9780143139379","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Penguin Clothbound Classics","offer_id":52519075545381,"sku":"9780141192445","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780141192444.jpg?v=1685137883","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-odyssey-by-homer","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}