Homer

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world’s greatest...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Steve John Shepherd, whose theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, The Good Canary directed by John Malkovich, Bomber's Moon and Piaf. His TV and film credits range from the iconic This Life to Silent Witness...

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

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

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

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

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when pride, anger, and the pursuit of glory collide on the battlefield? Can even the greatest heroes escape the consequences of their choices, or are they forever bound by the forces of fate, honor, and mortality? In The Iliad, the...

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts...

Brought to you by Penguin. A magnificent new translation of the Odyssey by best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn Setting aside the streamlining, modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities – meter, enjambment...

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 War Collection: Essential Battlefield Classics is a collection of 13 works of fiction, philosophy, military strategy, and epic poetry, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators.

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

Have you ever wondered why the themes of war, rage, and the long journey home still resonate so deeply today? The stories of the Trojan War and the voyage of Odysseus are the blueprints for every epic adventure.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to find your way home against impossible odds? The Trojan War has ended, but for Odysseus, the mastermind behind the Trojan Horse, the true struggle has just begun.

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

Get swept away in the ultimate tale of adventure and resilience that shaped Western storytelling. Odysseus, the ever resourceful hero, battles mystical creatures, navigates treacherous seas, and outsmarts vengeful gods—all in a quest to return to his homeland of Ithaca. Meanwhile, his wife...

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

The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth...

The heroic story of the siege of Troy is as enthralling today as it ever was.

Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, a journey of 10 years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted...