The Odyssey: Greek Original with Facing Translation in One Volume Paperback – February 24, 2026

This edition of Ithaca Classic’s Greek Library contains the complete, unabridged text of Homer's Odyssey in both the Greek original and a facing English translation by A.T. Murray Painstaking work has gone into the typesetting of this edition and series to maximize the readability of the work for the student of the history and the Greek language. It is included in a series of the major works of antiquity that is continually being added to.The Odyssey tells the story of the homecoming of Odysseus after his ten years’ absence during the Trojan war. His journey, however, thwarted along the entire way by various calamities and acts of the gods, takes just as much time, and it is not until the twentieth year that Odysseus is able to arrive home, only to face there the suitors of his wife who have come to claim his place after he has been forgotten by all but a few faithful friends. The Odyssey, along with its twin epic, the Iliad, is one of the cornerstones of the Western canon of literature, and has delighted its audience for nearly three-thousand years. Read more