Homer

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

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts...

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world’s greatest...

The great legacy of The Iliad is its shattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality....

Have you ever wondered why the rage of one man could determine the fate of an entire civilization? The Iliad is the ultimate examination of human nature under the duress of conflict.

"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...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to find your way home against impossible odds? The Trojan War has ended, but for Odysseus, the mastermind behind the Trojan Horse, the true struggle has just begun.

This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing Notes on the...

A landmark new translation of Homer’s most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn.

Have you ever wondered why the themes of war, rage, and the long journey home still resonate so deeply today? The stories of the Trojan War and the voyage of Odysseus are the blueprints for every epic adventure.

Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs...

The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth...

In this classic epic chronicle of the Greek Hero on his travels home from the Trojan War, Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops, and the isle of Circe. He withstands the lure of the Sirens’ song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at...

Surviving the Trojan War was just the beginning of the adventure for Odysseus. What lay ahead...

Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent, while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory....

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, COMING JULY 2026—WITNESS THE LEGEND REBORN The original adventure story, The Odyssey continues to captivate and inspire nearly three millennia after it was written. A towering epic of adventure, cunning, and the longing for home, The Odyssey follows the perilous...

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning king of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus.....

From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad. Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his...

"The Homeric Hymns: Ancient Literature" invites readers on a timeless journey through the mythological tapestry of ancient Greece. This collection of the Homeric Hymns, attributed to the legendary poet Homer, presents a vivid and poetic exploration of the pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses...