Translated by Stanley Lombardo. Introduction and notes by Robert Lamberton. Clear brief notes and a glossary make this a must for introductory courses.[...]
Lombardo's Odyssey offers the distinctive speed, clarity, and boldness that so distinguished his 1997 Iliad. Lombardo has created a Homeric voice for his contemporaries: fresh, quick and verbally engaging to the modern ear, as the original was to the ancient. His characters come alive as real people[...]