Homer
The Iliad and the Odyssey
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The two pillars of Western literature, together in a single volume.
Attributed to the blind poet Homer and composed nearly three thousand years ago, the Iliad and the Odyssey stand at the very beginning of the written word — and have never been surpassed. The Iliad sings of the wrath of Achilles and the final bloody weeks of the Trojan War; the Odyssey follows wily Odysseus on his long, monster-haunted voyage home.
War and homecoming, rage and cunning, gods and mortals — every epic that came after is descended from these two. An essential foundation for any serious library.
- Complete text of both epics in one volume
- Quality paperback edition