The Odyssey - A New Translation by Daniel Mendelsohn

-This superb translation ... feels like the original- Richard P. Martin, Stanford UniversityFrom the acclaimed translator and author Daniel Mendelsohn, a spellbinding new verse translation of one of the greatest stories ever told, Homer's The Odyssey, bringing us closer to the original than any recent versionWith his new Odyssey, author and translator Daniel Mendelsohn has created a translation to stand with the famous versions by E.V. Rieu and Robert Fagles. Mendelsohn sets aside the streamlining, modernizing approach of many recent translations, focusing instead on the epic-s formal qualities to bring the great story to life in all its archaic grandeur. This line-for-line rendering brings us closer to the poetics of the original than any other recent translations. This is a magnificent feat of translation, one that brings to vivid life the gripping adventure, profound human insight and powerful themes that make Homer-s work continue to resonate some twenty-eight centuries after its c