The Odyssey

The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in a Noonday paperback.

Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems. Since 1961, this Odyssey has sold more than two million copies, and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. The Noonday Press is delighted to publish a new edition of this classic work.Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. 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. The noted classicist D. S. Carne-Ross explains the many aspects of its artistry in his Introduction, written especially for this new edition.

The Noonday Press edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald's Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; "I long to be homeward bound" Simon and Garfunkle; The Trojan War is over and one of our hero kings is lost. His son (Telemachus) travels to find any information about his father's fait. His wife (Penelope) must cunningly hold off suitors that are eating them out of house and home.If he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-30-2008; Almost too readable?; Well, I'm not a Greek or Classics major. The writing program I work for assigns this edition. Now, although with a work of this bulk I feel bad complaining, but I am sure that several Greek scholars will feel much unease with...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-30-2008; Incredible; The Odyssey will always be a classic of literature, and with good reason. With the intense battles, Odysseus's clever tricks, and Penelope and Telemachus's heart-wrenching plight, it's no wonder this poem has survived the centuries. This...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-27-2008; Fitzgerald's Homer; I here consider not the story of the Odyssey itself, accounts of which abound, but rather Robert Fitzgerald's 1961 translation. Unlike recent more literal translations of the Odyssey such as Richmond Lattimore's (1962) and Albert Cook's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; "I long to be homeward bound" Simon and Garfunkle; The Trojan War is over and one of our hero kings is lost. His son (Telemachus) travels to find any information about his father's fait. His wife (Penelope) must cunningly hold off suitors that are eating them out of house and home.If he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-26-2004; The Odyssey a classic; I think that the Odyssey is a good book to read because it talks about excited things that happend in life. It is an intresting book to read. Alot people that I now have read this book.Now that I read this book I have enjoy this book...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-13-2007; Terrible; Sent me a different translation than I was sold. Not good for a college class that required a specific translation.; read full review | report as inappropriate