title: The Odyssey (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
author:  Homer 
description: <br />Translator<strong> Anthony Verity </strong>is a classical scholar and educationalist whose appointments include Head of Classics at Bristol Grammar School, Headmaster of Leeds Grammar School, and Master of Dulwich College from 1986 to 1995. His translations for Oxford World's Classics include <em>Idylls </em>by Theocritus, <em>The Complete Odes </em>by Pindar, and the <em>Iliad</em>. <br /><br /><strong>William Allan</strong> is McConnell Laing Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford. His previous publications include <em>The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy</em> (2000), <em>Euripides: The Children of Heracles</em> (2001), <em>Euripides: Medea</em> (2002), <em>Euripides: Helen</em> (2008), <em>Homer:</em> <em>The Iliad</em> (2012), and <em>Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction</em> (2014).<br />
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