The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Box Set - by Homer & Virgil (Mixed Media Product)

Name: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Box Set - by Homer & Virgil (Mixed Media Product)
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A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature--The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid One of the preeminent translators of our time, Robert Fagles's interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon.
About the Author: Robert Fagles was Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
1760 Pages
Poetry, Ancient & Classical

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A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature--The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid

One of the preeminent translators of our time, Robert Fagles's interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

Review Quotes

" Robert Fagles is the best living translator of ancient Greek drama, lyric poetry, and epic into modern English."
-Garry Wills, "The New Yorker"

" Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless."
-Richard Jenkyns, "The New York Times Book Review"

" Robert Fagles gives the full range of Virgil's drama, grandeur, and pathos in vigorous, supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of "The Aeneid"."
-J. M. Coetzee

About the Author

Robert Fagles 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 Three Theban Plays, Aeschylus's Oresteia (nominated for a National Book Award), Homer's Iliad (winner of the 1991 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award by The Academy of American Poets), and Homer's Odyssey. Robert Fagles passed away in 2008.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 5.8 Inches (W) x 4.8 Inches (D)

Weight: 4.5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Ancient & Classical

Genre: Poetry

Number of Pages: 1760

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Format: Mixed Media Product

Author: Homer & Virgil

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Language: English

Street Date: September 30, 2009

TCIN: 80821193

UPC: 9780147505606

Item Number (DPCI): 315-00-0882

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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