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The Iliad: v.1 by Homer
Category: Classics | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result--a chain of ...Show more
The IliadA New Translation by Caroline Alexander by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction
With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year way between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and th ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
An epic poem by the Greek poet Homer, which is the tale of Odysseus' wanderings, a story of heroic adventure and romantic temptation.
The Odyssey by Homer, trans. Robert Fitzgerald
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
By its evocation of a real or imaged heroic age, its contrasts of character and its variety of adventure, above all by its sheer narrative power, the Odyssey has won and preserved its place among the greatest tales in the world. It tells of Odysseus' adventurous wanderings as he returns from the long wa ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
A stunning gift edition of the age-old tale of Odysseus and his journey. This epic poem by Homer, believed to have been written between the eighth and ninth centuries BC, continues to be essential reading for young and old alike. The Odyssey follows the Greek hero Odysseus on a ten-year journey back to ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer; Alexander Pope
Category: Classics
One of the two major ancient Greek epics-and one of the most popular stories of all time-Homer's Odyssey has been a classic of Western literature for centuries. This translation into spare, elegant blank verse, is certain to attract the same praise and admiration as Herbert Jordan's previous rendition o ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer; T. E. Lawrence
Category: Classic Fiction
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Signet Classics (Paperback)
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME Richly imagined by the blind bard around 900 B.C.E., Homer's story follows Odysseus on a decade-long journey as he flees Cyclops, angers his gods, resists the Sirens, averts his eyes from Medusa, docks in exotic cities-ever longing to return to his wife and son.
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
The Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus' epic ten year journey home after the end of the Trojan War of the Iliad. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers.
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
This book describes the epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster an ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classic Papercover | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
This deluxe hardback edition presents The Odyssey, one of the most enduring classics of western civilization, with luxurious silver embossing and gilded page edges. This ancient epic poem tells the story of Odysseus and his eventful voyage home after the Trojan War. This edition uses Alexander Pope ...Show more