Homer - The Odyssey: Books 1, 2 & 3

Translated by David Wulstan Myatt.

From Book 1:

The Muse shall tell of the many adventures of that man of the many stratagems

Who, after the pillage of that hallowed citadel at Troy,

Saw the towns of many a people and experienced their ways:

He whose vigour, at sea, was weakened by many afflictions

As he strove to win life for himself and return his comrades to their homes.

But not even he, for all this yearning, could save those comrades

For they were destroyed by their own immature foolishness

Having devoured the cattle of Helios, that son of Hyperion,

Who plucked from them the day of their returning.