What is the best English translation of Homer's Odyssey?

Many plump for Fagles, who’s fine, but who is at his best in drama, and particularly Aeschylus’ Oresteia. But for me Fitzgerald’s translation speaks with something resembling the particular and sui generis magnificence of the Odyssey. read more

This week in the magazine, Daniel Mendelsohn reviews a new version of Homer’s Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. He also discusses the translation and his piece in this week’s Out Loud podcast. A good way of getting a sense of the values and priorities of the Iliad’s many translators is to compare how they translate a given passage. read more

This is a list of English translations of the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey. Translations are ordered chronologically by date of first publication, with first lines often provided to illustrate the style of the translation. read more