The Odyssey

di Homer (Autore)

Robert Fagles (Traduttore)

Penguin Putnam Inc, 2026

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. A Penguin Classics Hardcover So begins Robert Fagles's magnificent translation of The Odyssey, literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus's reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival against divine and natural forces on his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. Robert Fagles’s translation of The Odyssey, enhanced with maps, genealogy tables, and pronunciation guides, has been the touchstone translation of Homer’s epic for millions of readers. With an introduction and textual commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox, the Fagles translation of The Odyssey will continue to captivate the general reader and scholar alike. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

• Autore: Homer
• Traduttore: Robert Fagles
• Editore: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Collana: A Penguin Classics Hardcover
• Anno: 2026
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 560 p.
• Dimensioni: 217 x 150 mm
• Peso: 686 gr.
• EAN: 9780143139379

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