{"product_id":"the-odyssey-of-homer-translated-by-t-e-lawrence-9780195068184","title":"The Odyssey of Homer: Translated by T.E. Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Homer | Bernard MacGregor Walke Knox | T. E. Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called \"one of the greatest men of our time.\" Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves. \u003cbr\u003e While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. \"I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions,\" he wrote. \"Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, and odd experiences that interpret it to me.\" Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. \u003cem\u003eThe New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e hailed it \"perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book,\" and \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"ruggedly and roughly masculine\" and added that it \"gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us.\" \u003cbr\u003e Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47615130173591,"sku":"9780195068184","price":3133.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195068184.webp?v=1775098240","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-odyssey-of-homer-translated-by-t-e-lawrence-9780195068184","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}