The Odyssey — Gareth Hinds (graphic novel)
The whole epic, painted.
The Odyssey was always meant to be seen in the mind's eye. Here it finally is on the page.
The visual reader's pick: the whole epic, faithfully painted, in a couple of sittings.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the story faithfully, start to finish.
Changes: the medium to a fully painted graphic novel, with the monsters and the sea in watercolor and ink.
Whose story is it?
Odysseus’s, faithfully. Think of it as a visual translation.
Who's here
How each character in this version compares across the whole catalog:
- Odysseus — The faithful Odysseus, painted, his cunning something you watch cross his face.
How much time does it ask?
≈2–3 hr read (250+ painted pages).
The full-page Polyphemus, and that painted wine-dark sea.
Where to find it
Buy the paperback — Bookshop.org →
Other ways to get it: Paperback — Amazon ↗ · Kindle — Amazon ↗
Borrow it free: Borrow on Libby ↗ · Find at your library — WorldCat ↗
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More ways home: The Emily Wilson Translation (2017) · The Robert Fagles Translation (1996) · The Robert Fitzgerald Translation (1961)
Compare on one axis: How much of the gods do you actually get? (present, as written)