{"product_id":"the-odyssey-the-fitzgerald-translation-9780374525743","title":"The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e This edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald's Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems. Since 1961, this\u003ci\u003e Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Homer's tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language reader in all its glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the many translations published since World War II, only Fitzgerald's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bollingen Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Fitzgerald's\u003c\/b\u003e versions of the \u003ci\u003eIliad, the Aeneid, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOedipus\u003c\/i\u003e cycle of Sophocles (with Dudley Fitts) are also classics. At his death, in 1988, he was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHomer\u003c\/b\u003e is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the creator of the epic poems the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. Homer's works form the groundwork of the Western Canon and are universally praised for their genius. Their formative influence in shaping many key aspects of Greek culture was recognized by the Greeks themselves, who considered him as their instructor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599681753362,"sku":"9780374525743","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a79c0ed-4ccb-4f0a-be1b-8a3d59e706b1.jpg?v=1732203819","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-odyssey-the-fitzgerald-translation-9780374525743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}