The odyssey translated by robert fitzgerald the ten year war waged by the greeks against troy culminating in the overthrow of the city is now itself ten years in the past helen whose flight to. Robert fitzgeralds translation of homers odyssey is the best and bestloved modem translation of the greatest of all epic poems since 1961 this odyssey has sold more than two million copies and. Robert fitzgeralds is the best and best loved modern translation of the odyssey and the only one admired in its own right as a great poem in english fitzgeralds supple verse is ideally suited. Robert fitzgeralds translation of homers odyssey is the best and best loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems since 1961 this odyssey has sold more than two million copies and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets