The Odyssey (abridged)

by Homer

Read by Anton Lesser

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, ten-year journey, fraught with dangers, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to the love of Calypso on her all-too-comfortable isle. When he arrives in Ithaca, he has to contend with a group of suitors who have been pressing his wife to forget about her husband, admit she is a widow, and marry one of them.

Anton Lesser, one of Britain’s finest audiobook stars, brings this great classic to life in the new and imaginative translation by Ian Johnston.

The Recording
Anton Lesser’s Homer has developed over the years. First of all, he recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey in abridged form in the William Cowper translation, a fine eighteenth-century verse version that is little known, but admired. These proved popular over the years, presented as they were with classical music.

Then he recorded the works unabridged in the new translation by Ian Johnston – and they have been widely regarded as among the best available. In particular, Anton’s reading of The Odyssey has been singled out many times – the story and purpose of Odysseus matches, it must be said, Anton’s personality more than the bravura of Achilles as presented in The Iliad.

4 CDs • Running Time: c.5 hours • ISBN: 978-962-634-473-6 • Catalogue no: NAX447312 • RRP: £16.99

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