The Odyssey (Translated): A New Prose Translation

The greatest travel narrative of all time. After ten years of war at Troy, Odysseus needs another ten years to return home to Ithaca: the Cyclopes and the Sirens, the enchantress Circe and the nymph Calypso, the descent into the realm of the dead, Poseidon’s relentless sea. And at home, meanwhile, Penelope holds out against the suitors who are squandering the palace, while her son Telemachus sets out to seek his father. The Odyssey is the poem of intelligence that conquers violence, of longing for home, of identity to be reclaimed: three thousand years later it still speaks to everyone who has ever longed for homecoming. This edition offers the complete Odyssey in modern prose, book by book: a fluid, clear prose that captures the breath of the narrative, with a preface and concise notes on names, places, and customs of the Homeric world.