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OverviewA glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles’s award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature ONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles’s interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernard Knox. about The Odyssey Full Product DetailsAuthor: Homer , Virgil , Robert Fagles , Bernard KnoxPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin Classics Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 12.40cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 2.041kg ISBN: 9780147505606ISBN 10: 0147505607 Pages: 1760 Publication Date: 30 September 2009 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsRobert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. -Garry Wills, The New Yorker Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. -Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review Robert Fagles gives the full range of Virgil's drama, grandeur, and pathos in vigorous, supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of The Iliad and The Odyssey in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of The Aeneid . -J. M. Coetzee Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English. <br> -Garry Wills, The New Yorker <br><br> Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless. <br>-Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review <br><br> Robert Fagles gives the full range of Virgil's drama, grandeur, and pathos in vigorous, supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of The Iliad and The Odyssey in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of The Aeneid . <br> -J. M. Coetzee Author InformationHomer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |