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Since 1961, this Odyssey has sold more than two million copies and is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. 24 illustrations. Map. Glossary. n nThe classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback. n nRobert Fitzgeralds translation of Homers 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. Farrar, Straus and Giroux is delighted to publish a new edition of this classic work. Fitzgeralds supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Homers tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language reader in all its glory.n nOf the many translations published since World War II, only Fitzgeralds 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.n nThis edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgeralds Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem.n nWinner of the Bollingen Prizen
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