The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing....

Features Samuel Butler's translations of the two Homeric epics comes with a ribbon bookmark, gilded edges and beautiful endpapers. Ideal to be read and treasured, it makes for a perfect addition to any library. The oldest extant works of Western literature, Homer s the Iliad and the Odyssey are an important part of the Greek culture. The Iliad gives a detailed poetic description of the war of Troy and expounds the battle and the events during the...

The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey:...

"Stories from the Odyssey" by Homer, H. L. Havell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...

The Homeric Hymns is a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. The hymns employ the same epic meter-dactylic hexameter-as the Iliad and Odyssey, use many similar formulas and are couched in the same dialect.

Stephen Scully is associate professor of classical studies at Boston University. George Chapman's translations of Homer--immortalized by Keats's sonnet-- are the most famous in the English language. Swinburne praised their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." And the great critic George Saintsbury wrote, "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek,...

Unos pocos días antes del último de los diez años que duró el asedio de los saqueos a la ciudad de Troya, proporcionan el marco cronológico a los acontecimientos narrados en la Ilíada, el poema más antiguo de la literatura occidental. Producto de una larga tradición oral, la epopeya, como advierte su autor en el primer verso, relata la historia de las consecuencias de una pasión humana. Aquiles, encolerizado por el ultraje de Agamenón, que...

The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So, journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey:...

Cuidada edición ilustrada, tomando la adaptación favorita de Jorge Luis Borges y que incluye, además, una versión de la historia de Margaret Atwood. Todos conocemos la historia de la «Odisea», aunque no la hayamos leído. Está en canciones, en novelas, en poemas, en cuadros, en chistes. Blackie Books arranca su colección «Clásicos Liberados» con la historia de todas las historias occidentales, dando voz tanto a Nick Cave como a Mary Beard...