{"product_id":"the-iliad-and-the-odyssey-boxed-set-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780147712554","title":"The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics deluxe boxed set of Robert Fagles' translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e is the world's greatest war story, then \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Homer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 3.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780147712554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2003 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Fagles\u003c\/b\u003e was Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the 1997 PEN\/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many translations include Sophocles's \u003ci\u003eThree Theban Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a National Book Award), Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 1991 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award by The Academy of American Poets), and Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. Robert Fagles passed away in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Homer \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282916294813,"sku":"9780147712554","price":58.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_42627b77-7687-4acf-b046-86484e4d7fec.jpg?v=1759956815","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-iliad-and-the-odyssey-boxed-set-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780147712554","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}