Homeric Hymns
Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.
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October 28, 2003Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings.
The Iliad
Homer Homer
The Odyssey
Homer
The Iliad
Homer
The Odyssey
Homer
The Iliad
Homer, Translated by W.H.D. Rouse with an Introduction by Seth L. Schein and an Afterword by Adam Nicolson
The Odyssey
Homer, Translated by W.H.D. Rouse with an Introduction by Deborah Steiner and an Afterword by Adam Nicolson
The Iliad
Homer; Translated by E. V. Rieu; Revised by Peter Jones and D. C. H. Rieu; Introduction & Notes by Peter Jones; Cover illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
The Odyssey
Homer
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid Box Set
Homer; Virgil; Translated by Robert Fagles; Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox
The Anger of Achilles
Homer; Translated with an Introduction by Robert Graves
The Odyssey
Homer
The Iliad
Homer