The Iliad and The Odyssey

The Iliad and The Odyssey

Homer Homer

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0

Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war story, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.


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  • Smileangel
    Apr 01, 2025
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  • remscastl
    Mar 23, 2025
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0

    (Read this 2023-2024) I should probably clarify that while I read some of the odyssey in this translation I eventually switched to another translation and my judgement here mostly has to do with the fact that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Samuel Butler’s translation. The story is still fantastic though.

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  • maddies.reading
    Aug 24, 2024
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    5/20-12/30: JUST THE ILIAD
    Honestly actually enjoyed this. I’m proud of myself lol. We’re not gonna talk about how it took me 7 months to read the first half before deciding to binge the second half in 7 days

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