Iliad

Volume II. Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library)

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Hardcover, 652 pages

English language

Published June 4, 1985 by Loeb Classical Library.

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978-0-674-99189-7
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The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. - [Wikipedia][1]

When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with the Odyssey, Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, the "man of twists and turns" meets the challenges of gods and monsters, only to return after twenty years to a …

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Subjects

  • Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval
  • Continental European
  • Poetry
  • Classics
  • Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical
  • Epic poetry, Greek
  • Translations into English