{"product_id":"the-odyssey-by-homer","title":"The Odyssey By Homer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns\u003cbr\u003edriven time and again off course, once he had plundered\u003cbr\u003ethe hallowed heights of Troy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the world's greatest war epic, then the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRenowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb Introduction and textual commentary provide new insights and background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to delight both the classicist and the public at large, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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 new modern-verse translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47513819087068,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47513819119836,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/6_f0dc97cf-4970-4c04-9f2d-c009a06be938.png?v=1769787722","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/the-odyssey-by-homer","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}