The Odyssey of Homer

The standard translation into modern English of Homer’s Odyssey.

“The best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet.” —New York Times Book Review

Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.

This translations captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the “complicated” hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods.