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The Odyssey
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The Odyssey
Gilded on three edges in gunmetal foil
Printed endpapers
Text printed in two colours
Ribbon marker
Slipcase blocked in gunmetal foil with a design by the artist
This is a journey not only across oceans, but through questions of identity, justice and what it means to belong. With Wilson’s vivid, poetic translation, The Odyssey emerges as both a thrilling epic and a deeply human tale – as gripping now as it was nearly 3000 years ago.
About the Illustrator
Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales, and worked as a choreographer and stage director before turning away from theatre to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and his paintings, prints and private press books are in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, as well as private collections and libraries around the world. He is a Royal Cambrian Academician and an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University School of Art. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Southampton Solent University.
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About the Illustrator
Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales, and worked as a choreographer and stage director before turning away from theatre to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and his paintings, prints and private press books are in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, as well as private collections and libraries around the world. He is a Royal Cambrian Academician and an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University School of Art. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Southampton Solent University.
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About the Illustrator
Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales, and worked as a choreographer and stage director before turning away from theatre to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and his paintings, prints and private press books are in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, as well as private collections and libraries around the world. He is a Royal Cambrian Academician and an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University School of Art. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Southampton Solent University.
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About the Illustrator
Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales, and worked as a choreographer and stage director before turning away from theatre to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and his paintings, prints and private press books are in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, as well as private collections and libraries around the world. He is a Royal Cambrian Academician and an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University School of Art. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Southampton Solent University.
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About the Illustrator
Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales, and worked as a choreographer and stage director before turning away from theatre to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and his paintings, prints and private press books are in numerous public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, as well as private collections and libraries around the world. He is a Royal Cambrian Academician and an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University School of Art. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Southampton Solent University.
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Clive Hicks-Jenkins on illustrating Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey
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Homer was believed to have been born between the 12th and 8th centuries BC and may have lived on the coast of Asia Minor. Little is known about his life beyond what can be gleaned in his stories, and there have been many assumptions made based on his writing and the characters that appear in his work. It is generally accepted that The Iliad (Folio, 2025) was written first and The Odyssey (Folio, 2025) was written later in Homer’s life. Although these are the only two works attributed to Homer, many others have been linked to him, including the Homeric Hymns.
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Emily Wilson is a classicist, scholar and translator. She is renowned for her literary critical work on ancient literature and philosophy and its later receptions, and for her metrical translations of ancient Greek and Roman poetry. In 2017, her lyrical new translation of Homer's The Odyssey in iambic pentameter verse garnered widespread acclaim, as did her verse translation of The Iliad, published in 2023. She serves the Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also the College for Women Class of 1963 term professorship in the Humanities. Her contributions have significantly influenced contemporary understanding and appreciation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and their resonances in subsequent cultures.