Books written by Homer

Homer's Epics: The Odyssey and The Iliad

From this conflict, Homer weaves a tale of warring nations, vengeful gods, and the terrible consequences of prideful rage (The New York Times). The Odyssey: The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, embarks to return home.
The Homer Anthology

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Homer: The Iliad The Odyssey Odysseus Homer and Classical Philology The Homeric Hymns Hesiod, The Hymns, and Homerica
Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey

George Chapman's translations of Homer are among 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.
Homer: Odyssey XIII and XIV

New edition of the Greek text suitable for upper-level students, with full attention to literary-critical and linguistic matters.
The Iliad And The Odyssey - Homer

Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces, during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral ...
Chapman's Homer: The IIiad and the Odyssey

Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation.
The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages.
Homer: Odyssey Books VI-VIII

This edition of the "Odyssey", books VI-VIII forms an introduction to Homer for students of Greek. The commentary aims especially to provide guidance on questions of literary and narrative technique and poetic artistry
The Triumph of Odysseus: Homer's Odyssey Books 21 and 22

The book can be used by anyone who has completed Reading Greek or is at an intermediate or advanced stage of ancient Greek and it is ideal for use with students in the upper forms of schools, at university and in summer schools and weekend ...
The Iliad

The centuries-old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator
The Odyssey

Excellent prose translation of the ancient epic poem recounts the adventures of Odysseus on his homeward voyage from the Trojan War.
Homer: Iliad Book XXIV

The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad is one of the masterpieces of world literature.
The Iliad

" ---Stephen G. Daitz, Professor Emeritus of Classics, City University of New York "This is a faithful and powerful rendition of the original Greek.
The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey

Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey, made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology.
The Odyssey

The Odyssey
Homer: Odyssey I-XII

First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1947 and substantially updated in 1959 (with, for example, sections on the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean world), Stanford's Odyssey - of which this ...
World Classics Library: Homer: The Illiad and the Odyssey

Filled with fallible gods and foolhardy heroes, these two classic works offer incredible insight into ancient Greek mythology and culture as well as remaining thrilling tales in their own right.
Homer: Iliad I-XII

Although the book is designed for students at sixth form and undergraduates, the tight compass of these books does not prevent the editor engaging in - or referring to - problems of composition or text addressed by more advanced scholars.
Troy: The epic battle as told in Homer’s Iliad (Collins Classics)

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey

Within the knowledge of all of history that has been passed down to us, there is no known predecessor that could lay claim to be the progenitor or equal to these great works. It was Homer who formed the character of the Greek nation.