Odyssey (Robert Fagles translation)

The Odyssey is a 1996 translation of Homer's Odyssey by American academic Robert Fagles. It freely uses imagery and word choices not closely constrained by the original text, and uses non-rhyming lines with an uneven poetic meter. Widely praised for Fagles' poetic skill, it became part of many American high-school curricula and sold over a million copies. Fagles was a prolific translator of ancient literature, previously translating works by Bacchylides, Aeschylus and Sophocles.