![]() Emily Wilson has also recently published a verse translation of the Odyssey. Bernard Knox’s introductory essays for Fagles’ translations are works of art in themselves. For verse translations, I’d recommend Robert Fagles for both. ![]() Hammond in particular has excellent introductory notes and critical summaries, that are very useful for a first time reader. Both are very accurate to the Greek and very readable. Rieu’s penguin classics edition of the Odyssey. For prose, I’d recommend Martin Hammond’s penguin classics edition of the Iliad, and E. Both poems are available in prose and verse translations. ![]() Must reads for anyone with an interest in Greek mythology. ![]() The earliest surviving written sources from ancient Greece. They had a profound influence on all later literature. They were first recited orally around 750/700 BC, and were later written down. The Iliad tells the story of Achilles’ quarrel with Agamemnon and it’s consequences, while the Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus and his ten year journey home after the war. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey - epic poems recounting episodes from the Trojan War.
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