The Odyssey
Homer
Jun 2019 · Page2Page · Narrated by Charles Purkey
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.
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April 13, 2020
I bought this because the description indicated it was the Fagles translation, which I was reading already and figured this could help me "read" at times when picking up a book wasn't possible. But, as I held Fagles in my hands, none of the words being spoken matched. I can't speak to the quality of this translation, but it's a misleading description, as it clearly isn't Fagles.
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