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  • 07-14-17

Generally well read, but some disappointment.

Would you consider the audio edition of Odyssey to be better than the print version?

Audio is audio, print is print, what's to compare?

What was one of the most memorable moments of Odyssey?

The episode with Polyphemus.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Gordon Griffin?

Probably.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Hardly

Any additional comments?

Well, after waiting some time for a reading of Pope's Odyssey, it is a little disappointing that the reader often loses the rhythm and makes not a few careless mistakes, albeit it is worth it. Perhaps it could be improved. Michael Page has done Pope's Iliad and Dryden's Aeneid; it would be good if he performed an audio reading of this too perhaps.