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When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural... Read Full Overview

The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles, and featured in the Netflix series The OA

A Penguin Classic

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural... Read Full Overview

Homer's monumental epic set at the end of the Trojan War explores love, heroism, and the intricate relationship between gods and mortals--now in a beautiful clothbound hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translation--the gold standard for generations of students and general readers. This long-awaited new... Read Full Overview

The great war epic of Western literature, in a stunning translation by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles

Probably composed in the eighth century B.C. and based on an actual historical event of the thirteenth century B.C., Homer's Iliad is one of the great epics of the Western world. The poem unfolds near the end of the ten-year-long Trojan War, detailing the quarrel between the... Read Full Overview

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures... Read Full Overview

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer's timeless heroic tale of the Trojan War.

Composed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year... Read Full Overview

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 birds; and the will of Zeus was done.
-Lines... Read Full Overview

E.V. Rieu's beloved translation of the great war epic of Western literature, revised and updated by D. C. H. Rieu

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... Read Full Overview

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures... Read Full Overview

Deemed as Homer's timeless masterpiece, The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War and the heroism of warriors on both sides. With a stunning cover design and insightful commentary, this edition is perfect for fans of classic literature... Read Full Overview

THE WORLD'S GREATEST WAR NOVEL

Iliad: ISBN 9781480048348. Odyssey: ISBN 9781490516424 "Many consider [this translation] the greatest English Iliad, and one of the greatest translations of any work into English. It manages to convey not only the stateliness and grandeur of Homer's lines, but their speed and... Read Full Overview

George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes... Read Full Overview

'The best modern prose translation of The Iliad' Robin Lane Fox, The Times

The Iliad is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, for which Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a magnificent new translation. Graceful, lucid, and energetic, Powell's translation renders the Homeric Greek with a... Read Full Overview