The Odyssey
by Homer
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Author: HomerTranslator: Robert Fagles
Introduction: Bernard Knox
Edition: Paperback
Audio: Greek (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11-29
ISBN: 0140268863
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Vivid new translation makes a classic story come alive.
Summary: 5 Stars
Thanks to this translation of the Odyssey, I'm able to experience the story in an entirely new way. I particularly like the fresh manner in which Prof. Fagles uses active verbs, instead of passive constructions (such as previous translations that I read in college). The text is also more vivid: I find it to be evocative of Old English verse construction, but with a very clean modernist inflection. Reads with an immediacy that makes the narrative jump off the page, and heightens the lyricism of the poetry at the same time.
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