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The Odyssey

Homer

Narrated by Daniel Mendelsohn

Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2

Released
April 24, 2025
Length
19 hrs 4 mins
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher
Penguin
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This new translation of the Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn offers a faithful and richly musical rendering of Homer’s epic, preserving its formal qualities such as meter, alliteration, and enjambment. Praised for its precision and readability, Mendelsohn’s version aims to capture the grandeur and oral poetics of the original, providing a vivid and engaging experience of this timeless masterpiece. Complete with extensive notes and commentary, this translation strives to become a definitive English-language edition of the epic.
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