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the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet.” — New York Times Book Review A classic for the ages, The Odyssey is the magnificent chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus and his arduous journey home after the Trojan War—and the obstacles he faces along the way to reclaim his throne, kingdom, and family in Ithaca. THE ODYSSEY is now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Christopher Nolan Homer’s great epic The Odyssey—one of Western literature’s most enduring and important works—translated by Richmond Lattimore “A splendid achievement. During his absence, his steadfast and clever wife, Penelope, and now teenaged son, Telemachus, have lived under the constant threat of ruthless suitors, all desperate to court Penelope and claim the throne. As the suitors plot Telemachus’ murder, the gods debate Odysseus’ fate.