Homer

The Odyssey tells of the heroic journey of Odysseus after the Trojan war....

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

The Illiad dates back to the 8th century BC and is Homer's epic precursor to The Odyssey....

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War....

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

The great legacy of The Iliad is itsshattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....

The first of Homer's great epic poems, the Iliad portrays the final days of the Trojan war....

The Iliad stands as the blazing cornerstone of all Western storytelling, an ancient epic that captures the violent splendor, tragic heroism, and unbearable human cost of the Trojan War.

Two iconic classics by one of the oldest and yet most renowned writers in the history of literature. As exhilarating today as they were at the time of being written, Homer's epic poems transport the listener on a courageous and daring journey at the heart of one of the most infamous wars in history.

The Iliad concerns events during the 10th and final year in the siege of the city of Troy by the ancient Greeks....

After ten years of war, the legendary hero Odysseus embarks on a perilous journey home, facing vengeful gods, seductions, and treacherous creatures.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by award-winning poet Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman & Benedict Cumberbatch. ‘My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too...’ So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his...

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home....

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The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey...

Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica....

One of the true masterpieces of all time, The Iliad tells the story of Achilles, the greatest warrior of ancient Greece, and how his wrath brought about the fall of the city of Troy...

An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, usually set in a time beyond living memory in which the extraordinary ancestors gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants, the poet, and his audience in order to understand themselves as a people....

The Iliad is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern...