The Odyssey – Wordsworth Classics Edition

One of the oldest and greatest works of Western literature, Homer's epic follows Odysseus — Greek warrior and king of Ithaca — across ten years of perilous wandering after the fall of Troy. From the Cyclops to the Sirens, from the land of the dead to the arms of enchantresses, his journey is a timeless portrait of endurance, wit, and longing for home. This Wordsworth Classics edition uses George Chapman's celebrated 1616 translation — the same one that inspired Keats's famous sonnet — with an introduction and notes by Adam Roberts of Royal Holloway, University of London.