The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
ISBN-13:
9780143039952
ISBN-10:
0143039954
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Homer, Bernard Knox
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Format:
Paperback
541 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780143039952
ISBN-10:
0143039954
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Homer, Bernard Knox
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Format:
Paperback
541 pages
Summary
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) (ISBN-13: 9780143039952 and ISBN-10: 0143039954), written by authors
Homer, Bernard Knox, was published by Penguin Classics in 2006.
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Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line
A Penguin Classic
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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
A Penguin Classic
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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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