The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

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He co-founded the 'Friends of Classics' society and is the editor of their journal and a columnist for The Spectator. Among his numerous honors are awards from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his bravery and cunning to reach his homeland and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

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With the Trojan war finally over after many long years, Odysseus wants nothing more than a swift journey home where his throne and beloved wife, Penelope, await him. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own transgressions which bring them suffering that was not their destiny.

Both works attributed to Homer – the Iliad and the Odyssey – are over ten thousand lines long in the original.

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If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey have had numerous adaptations, including several film versions of each. He had gone to accept a sacrifice of bulls and rams, and there he sat and enjoyed the pleasures of the feast. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students.The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature, but the identity - or even the existence - of Homer himself is a complete mystery, with no reliable biographical information having survived. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in.

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In the Iliad Homer sang of death and glory, of a few days in the struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans. Many tests of strength and character ensue as Odysseus's journey stretches out over the years, taking in a multitude of strange and wonderful places and creatures. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. Our mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to help create stories and communicate ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire.

In fact ‘Homer’ may not be a real name but a kind of nickname meaning perhaps ‘the hostage’ or ‘the blind one’. Poseidon, however, was now gone on a visit to the distant Ethiopians, in the most remote part of the world, half of whom live where the Sun goes down, and half where he rises. 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 Odysseyto read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.