The Odyssey

In a magnificent modern-verse translation, Robert Fagles, recipient of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, gives us Homer's most well-known and approachable poem. Sing to me of the guy, Muse, the man of twists and turns who was often thrown off track after plundering Troy's sacred heights. So starts Robert Fagles' superb translation of the Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin calls "a noteworthy achievement" in the New York Times Book Review.