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The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid Box Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback – Deckle Edge, September 30, 2009

by Homer (Author), Virgil (Author), Bernard Knox (Editor, Introduction),
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A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles’s award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature

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.


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" 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

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Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics; SLP edition (September 30, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1760 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0147505607
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0147505606
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.8 x 5.9 x 8.7 inches
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Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece. Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives.

He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey - are over ten thousand lines long in the original. Homer must have had an amazing memory but was helped by the formulaic poetry style of the time.

In The Iliad Homer sang of death and glory, of a few days in the struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans. Mortal men played out their fate under the gaze of the gods. The Odyssey is the original collection of tall traveller's tales. Odysseus, on his way home from the Trojan War, encounters all kinds of marvels from one-eyed giants to witches and beautiful temptresses. His adventures are many and memorable before he gets back to Ithaca and his faithful wife Penelope.

We can never be certain that both these stories belonged to Homer. In fact 'Homer' may not be a real name but a kind of nickname meaning perhaps 'the hostage' or 'the blind one'. Whatever the truth of their origin, the two stories, developed around three thousand years ago, may well still be read in three thousand years' time.

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T. Dauzat
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice set.
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
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The pages are cut uneven on purpose. It is called "deckled edged". This is a very nice set and a good translation. Amazon also has the best price on this particular set.
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Cynthia Converse Madison
5.0 out of 5 stars Right on time and accurate .
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2023
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Exactly what! I needed. Thanks
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a book
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023
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I like this book
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Robert E. McDowell
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly readable.
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020
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For those who, like me, have always felt guilty about not having read these three great literary classics, but who (like me) are incapable of wading through hundreds of pages of epic poetry, Robert Fagles' translation is brilliant. Yes, it's blank verse, but it reads like prose, and it doesn't just make these works readable--it makes them entertaining and often exciting. The language is down to earth, tough, often gritty, and makes me understand why, for over 2,000 years, they've fascinated everyone who could enjoy them in the original Greek or Latin (which I can't). The Iliad especially reads like a thriller. And--Bernard Knox's introductions are excellent, also very readable and immensely helpful in understanding all three works. Finally , this high quality boxed set of Penguin softcover versions is terrific value for money.
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Lauren D. DesJarlais
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality boxed set!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2022
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This boxed set is beautiful inside and out. Extremely well-made product. The books are of high-quality and are striking to behold. The items arrived quickly and were in very good condition upon arrival. I have only nice things to say about this book and the seller who sold it!
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Bobby
5.0 out of 5 stars Fagles' transslation is far and away the best on the market
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016
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The Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid are some of the greatest tales of all time, and if you're going to pick one set to own and cherish, it's this copy. Robert Fagles does a tremendous job of maintaining the epic feel of the words and weaving the intricacies of epic storytelling into his translation. I had a tough time with some other translations because it failed to maintain somewhat of a narrative feel, or a Novel feel if that makes sense. Fagles finds the happy medium between the epic and a clear tale.

On top of that, the set is absolutely beautiful. I've recently begun collecting books and this box set looks amazing on the shelf, and in your hands. I prefer paperbacks, which these are, but they have the ornate look and design of a hardcover. This is about as good as a paperback gets. I definitely recommend reading each of these poems at least once, and this is a great edition to read and to own.
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Brian J. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Homer and Virgil for Everyman
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2018
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Penguin has offered a box set of the Iliad and the Odyssey with its blue and gold spines respectively. I had always intended to buy that set, but I when I was ready to do so I was pleasantly surprised to find that the box set had been expanded to three with the addition of the Aeneid with a beautiful gold spine. Robert Fragles' translations of these epic poems are easy to read and understand. Occasionally the language is a bit earthy. The introductions help prepare one to read these seminal works of Western Civilization. While I ordinarily purchase and display hardcover books, these paperback volumes are attractive and look nice in any living room or den.
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Felicity Ann
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent books, translated well. Very rough thick paper.
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2020
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The translations &introductionsn are very good. The covers & bindings and print are good. The paper is very thick and rough, making the books heavy and the paper edges are very unfinshed looking. There for 4 stars & not five. Well worth reading.
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RuthinNS
5.0 out of 5 stars Great value
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Edition of an Ancient and Compelling Story
Reviewed in the Netherlands on February 8, 2022
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Robert Fagles's Introduction provides context and deepens appreciation for the significance of this work within western civilization. It increased my understanding and appreciate a thousand fold! His masterful, highly readable translation keeps us riveted to the unfolding tragedy, wherein we bear witness to the horrors of warfare and those heroic qualities that emerge within it. Plus, the books are beautifully printed, and feel good in the hand.
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Richard Fairley
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Reviewed in Spain on October 11, 2021
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Beautiful, sublime translation... Excellent glossary and well laid-out footnote commentary at the back of each volume and maps at the front. This edition - with cover-flaps and rustic 'dockled' page cutting - is a pleasure to hold. Let this be at least your first ( if not only ) translation of the volumes from which all western literature emerges and to which it all returns...
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Reviewed in France on June 27, 2020
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Benjamin Wood
5.0 out of 5 stars Legendary Collection
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2019
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An excellent collection of these three classics translated by Robert Fagles. I particularly like the deckled edge paper that has been used and the artwork for the covers (which has not been done justice by the thumbnail for this product)
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