In a magnificent modern-verse translation, Robert Fagles, recipient of
the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the 1996 Academy Award
in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, gives us
Homer's most well-known and approachable poem. Sing to me of the guy,
Muse, the man of twists and turns who was often thrown off track after
plundering Troy's sacred heights. So starts Robert Fagles' superb
translation of the Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin calls "a noteworthy
achievement" in the New York Times Book Review.