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The Iliad & The Odyssey: In Prose - Homer's Greek Epics with Selected Writings
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781528770286
Publisher: Wine Dark Press
Published: Oct 20 2021
Pages: 806
Weight: 2.57
Height: 1.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This epic volume brings together the two greatest adventure stories ever told - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey - the twin heroic poems at the foundation of Western literature, retold here in prose.
The Iliad is Homer's legendary account of the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy, centred on the wrath of Achilles. The Odyssey follows the hero-king Odysseus on his long and perilous voyage home from that same war - beset by monsters, gods, and the sea - to his kingdom of Ithaca and his waiting wife Penelope.
Both poems are credited to Homer, regarded as one of the most influential writers of all time whose influence has been felt across thousands of years of Western art, literature, and film. Both stories are presented here in flowing English prose by the novelist Samuel Butler, originally published in 1900, alongside several essays and writings on Homer and his epics. Wine Dark Press is proud to gather both foundational epics in a single deluxe edition, remaining faithful to the original sources and set down whole for modern readers, to stand on the shelf beside the many stories they inspired.
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