Homer

The Odyssey of Homer

von Homer

Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired  writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus  survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops  and...

The Odyssey

von Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends...

The Iliad

von Homer & Robert Fagles

Fagles combines his talents as poet and scholar to present this masterful, elegant translation of the stirring story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles.

The Iliad

von Homer

An epic tale of love and betrayal, war and hope The Iliad is the first of two legendary ancient poems attributed to the Greek bard Homer. Typically dated between the 8th and 7th centuries BC it is believed by...

The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)

von Homer

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP

The story of the Trojan War, an epic tale of men and gods, of the heroes and horrors of war.

THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:

• A concise introduction...

Homeric Hymns

von Homer & Jules Cashford

From the abduction of Persephone by Hades to Hermes' theft of Apollo's cattle, the Homeric Hymns recount some of the most compelling and significant episodes in Greek mythology. They were recited at festivals...

The Iliad & the Odyssey

von Homer

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...

Iliad and Odyssey

von Homer, Samuel Butler & Stephanie L. Budin

The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the oldest works of Western literature—yet these ancient myths still offer powerful lessons for our times. From the fascinating fall of Troy to Odysseus's perilous journey...

The Iliad

von Homer

The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to venge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The major motion picture Helen of Troy...

The Odyssey

von Homer

Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does...

The Homer Anthology

von Homer

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Homer:

The Iliad

The Odyssey

Odysseus

Homer and Classical Philology

The Homeric Hymns

Hesiod, The Hymns, and Homerica

The Odyssey

von Homer & Robert Fitzgerald

Robert Fitzgerald's is the best and best-loved modern translation of The Odyssey, and the only one admired in its own right as a great poem in English.  Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited to the story...

The Odyssey

von Homer & Randy Lee Eickhoff

The Odyssey is the original journey tale, a genre that has lasted three thousand years, and has had a lasting influence on on literature and art. The trials of Odysseus were first told by the great bard Homer....

The Iliad

von Homer & Robert Fitzgerald

Anger be now your song, immortal one,

Akhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous,

that caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss

and crowded brave souls into the undergloom,

leaving so many dead men-carrion

for dogs and...