{"product_id":"the-odyssey","title":"The Odyssey","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which Jasper Griffin in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e hails as \"a distinguished achievement.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the world's greatest war epic, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is 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. In the myths and legends  retold here,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Homer, Robert Fagles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43171810508969,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/odyss.jpg?v=1691198340","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-odyssey","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}