In keeping with the oral tradition of the time, Dan Stevens, whose many celebrated performances include Downton Abbey's Matthew Crawley, makes this epic tale come alive. Homer's tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language listener in all its glory. Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited for audio, recounting the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Macmillan Audio is delighted to publish the first ever audio edition of this classic work, the greatest of all epic poems. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey has been the standard translation for more than three generations of students and poets.

He’s been performing the Robert Fitzgerald translation, and no Hellene could do it better.' - Wall Street Journal Line drawings precede each book of the poem.'In classical Greece men called rhapsodes memorized and recited “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” My own rhapsode is the English actor Dan Stevens, whom fans of “Downton Abbey” will know as Matthew Crawley. Carne-Ross explains the many aspects of its artistry in his Introduction, written especially for this new edition.This edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald's Postscript. Homer's tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language reader in all its glory.Of the many translations published since World War II, only Fitzgerald's has won admiration as a great poem in English. Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Farrar, Straus and Giroux is delighted to publish a new edition of this classic work. Since 1961, this Odyssey has sold more than two million copies, and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems.

Annotation: The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback.

Author: Homer / Fitzgerald, Robert (TRANS).

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