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jtniehof 's review for:
The Odyssey of Homer
by Homer
Haven't read since it was assigned in high school, and it holds up well. (Yes, after about 3000 years, another 20 doesn't age it much.) Mandelbaum's translation is nicely done; smooth-reading whlie still rhythmic and beautiful simply in the language itself. I had forgotten that nearly half is cleaning up at the end of the journey. Also amusing: all the iconic scenes are told in flashback by Odysseus, who, "man of many wiles," then proceeds to lie through his teeth about who he is and where he's been for pretty much the rest of the book. Entirely possible he just shacked up with Calypso until he got bored, then sailed home. The framing is brilliantly done — we get the concern on the homefront first so we care about this guy hauling himself across the seas.