Homer

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

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

The epic tale of Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature....

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....

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

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

Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent, while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory....

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

In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....

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

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

The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war....

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

In the heat of the Trojan War, the Greek army’s greatest warrior, Achilles, withdraws from battle after a bitter dispute with King Agamemnon. As the war spirals into chaos, heroes rise and fall, divine forces meddle in mortal affairs, and honor is tested on every side.

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

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning king of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus.....

Two major epic poems came from ancient Greece and had the power to shape our culture for centuries. They are both attributed to the blind poet Homer...