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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth...

In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story...

When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people....

From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him...

These lectures make classical mythology fresh, absorbing, and often surprising....

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned...

The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written....

Professor Vandiver gives you a full overview of Greek tragedy, in its original setting and as a lasting contribution to the artistic exploration of the human condition....

The ancient Greeks left the world that came after them - particularly our own and our ways of seeing it - an incalculable legacy....

Explore a series of exciting archaeological sites that provides you with a detailed idea of what Classical archaeology entails....

Witness the "works and wonders" of the ancient world through the eyes of its first great historian in this sparkling series of 24 lectures....

The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace....

Throughout these lectures, you'll meet the poet in many guises; the divine, the alchemical, the common, the playful and the prisoner....

The Odyssey tells of the heroic journey of Odysseus after the Trojan war....

"In classical Greece men called rhapsodes memorized and recited “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” My own rhapsode is the English actor Dan Stevens, whom fans of “Downton Abbey” will know as Matthew Crawley. He’s been performing the Robert Fitzgerald translation, and no Hellene could...

Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of The Iliad are compared. This definitive translation of Homer's epic is timeless in its...

Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, faces great challenges when she must arrange a formal burial for her brother, Polynices....

Myths provide the keys to truly grasping the ways that principles, rituals, codes, and taboos are woven into the fabric of a particular society or civilization....

In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology....

Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans....

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving literary work in the world. The epic poetry describes the ancient King Gilgamesh and his journey to discover the secret to eternal life....

This extraordinary collection of some 250 Greek and Roman myths and folk tales has always been a popular favorite, and has decisively shaped western art and literature from the moment it was completed....

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics....