![]() ![]() The Odyssey focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. The author: Homer is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turnsdriven time and again off course, once he had plunderedthe hallowed heights of Troy.So begins Robert Fagles magnificent translation of the. The book : Rare and attractive edition of the Iliad of Homer translated by A. Illustrations : Including a nice frontis and an illustrated title page. Routledge, 1845.īinding : Attractive and Very good full leather binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover.Ĭontent : Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing). ![]() Publisher : London: Published by Whitaker & Co. Author : Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. ![]()
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