Odyssee

Kurt Steinmann's highly praised verse translation of the "Odyssey" ideally combines high fidelity to the text with linguistic elegance. He effortlessly breathes new life into the millennia-old epic of humanity about the adventures of the cunning Odysseus and his companions. Some of the most famous episodes in world literature - the captivity of the Cyclops Polyphemus, the seductive songs of the Sirens, the threat posed by Scylla and Charybdis - shine with fresh brilliance. The care taken in this richly annotated new translation, which was first published in 2007, is also evident in the paperback edition of this canonical masterpiece.