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Homer

Praise for The Odyssey

Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...

Edith Hall, The Telegraph

Daniel Mendelsohn has accomplished something that no recent translator has done so well: a translation that shows a striking fidelity not only to the poem’s language and thought but also to its formal properties

Deborah Roberts, Haverford College

Daniel Mendelsohn’s Odyssey is a majestic living poem, keenly responsive to the surge and subtlety of Homer’s Greek ... A momentous achievement

Rosanna Warren

Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...

Edith Hall, The Telegraph

Daniel Mendelsohn has accomplished something that no recent translator has done so well: a translation that shows a striking fidelity not only to the poem’s language and thought but also to its formal properties

Deborah Roberts, Haverford College

Daniel Mendelsohn’s Odyssey is a majestic living poem, keenly responsive to the surge and subtlety of Homer’s Greek ... A momentous achievement

Rosanna Warren

Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...

Edith Hall, The Telegraph

Daniel Mendelsohn has accomplished something that no recent translator has done so well: a translation that shows a striking fidelity not only to the poem’s language and thought but also to its formal properties

Deborah Roberts, Haverford College

Daniel Mendelsohn’s Odyssey is a majestic living poem, keenly responsive to the surge and subtlety of Homer’s Greek ... A momentous achievement

Rosanna Warren

Books by Homer

Series by Homer

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Articles featuring Homer

The Penguin books that ignited a pop culture phenomenon

The Penguin books that ignited a pop culture phenomenon

To celebrate Penguin’s 90th birthday, we round up the books that left an indelible mark on popular culture, with help from TikTok pop culture influencer Jack Edwards.