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This is Samuel Butler's celebrated prose translation of Homer's 'Odyssey,' presented with his controversial prefatory material arguing the poem was written by a young woman from Sicily. The epic follows the resourceful Odysseus as he endures a decade of trials—from the wrath of Poseidon and the temptations of Circe to the terrors of Scylla and Charybdis—on his voyage back to Ithaca. Meanwhile, his faithful wife Penelope fends off arrogant suitors, and his son Telemachus embarks on a quest to find him. Butler's translation is clear and vigorous, prioritizing readable prose over poetic meter, and is accompanied by his distinctive scholarly notes and illustrations that reflect his unique theories on the poem's origins.
