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Do you have a testimonial about our Odyssey? Feel free to take our poll, leave a comment in the thread, or add pictures or videos about your reading experience! The Odyssey of the Odyssey Some books seem to find their proper element. As Natosha enjoys her Caribbean cruise, the Odyssey travels with her across open water, read with nothing but sea and sky beyond the rail. Thankfully, this voyage involves no steering between Scylla and Charybdis, and the only Sirens encountered

A newly published excerpt from The Odyssey explores the aftermath of the slaughter of the suitors. Rather than ending with victory alone, Homer turns his attention to purification, justice, recognition, and the difficult transition from vengeance to peace. This new rendering strives to preserve the grandeur, momentum, and musicality that have made the epic endure for millennia while remaining accessible to modern readers. Whether you're encountering Homer for the first time o

By James Sale Minerva and the Triumph of Jupiter, by Rene Antoine Houasse Why does existence exist? This question is not, finally, a scientific question, since science cannot answer it. It is a spiritual question; and all the great religious traditions of the world have taken a view on it. The Greeks, whom we call pagans, certainly had their own answer. They wanted to account for the origins of things, and in doing so they provided not merely a story about beginnings, but a r

Here, Aedan Kennedy joins Classical Poets Live to talk about creating more than 80 pen-and-ink drawings for our new Odyssey translation. In this brief interview, he shares what inspires him and walks us through the rigorous process involved in portraying Homer's world more accurately than any illustrator before him.