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Stories from Homer

Stories from Homer

Homer
Church, Alfred J.

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Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1162634812
ISBN13: 9781162634814
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Stories from Homer is a collection of epic tales from the ancient Greek poet, Homer. The book features some of his most famous works, including The Iliad and The Odyssey, retold in a concise and accessible style. These stories follow the adventures of legendary heroes and gods, such as Achilles, Odysseus, and Zeus, as they navigate through battles, quests, and challenges. The book also includes lesser-known tales, such as The Hymn to Demeter and The Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Through these stories, readers can explore the themes of honor, loyalty, courage, and the power of the human spirit. The book is suitable for readers of all ages and provides an excellent introduction to the world of ancient Greek mythology.1887. No other texts in the Western imagination occupy as central a position in the self-definition of Western culture as the two epic poems of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They both concern the great defining moment of Greek culture, the Trojan War. The Iliad is the story of a brief event in the ninth year of the war; the great hero Achilles is offended when the leader of the Greeks, Agamemnon, takes a slave girl Achilles has been awarded. The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another of the great Greek heroes at Troy, Odysseus. Unlike Achilles, Odysseus is not famous for his great strength or bravery, but for his ability to deceive and trick (it is Odysseus's idea to take Troy by offering the citizens a large wooden horse filled, unbeknownst to the Trojans, with Greek soldiers). His homecoming has been delayed for ten years because of the anger of the gods; finally, in the tenth year, he is allowed to go home. He hasn't been misspending his time, though; for most of the ten years he has been living on an island with the goddess Kalypso, who is madly in love with him. Odysseus, like Achilles, is offered a choice: he may either live on the island with Kalypso and be immortal like the gods, or he may return to his wife and his country and be mortal like the rest of us. He chooses to return, and much of the rest of the work is a long exposition on what it means to be mortal. This book represents stories from these two epochal poems.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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