The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, concise chapter summaries, a glossary, and substantial explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for

The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green (Homer)(Paperback)

The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its

Iliad (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

A translation of Homer's great epic poem. Fitzgerald has also translated Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Virgil's

The Odyssey of Homer (Lattimore Richmond)(Paperback)

The standard translation into modern English of Homer's Odyssey. Lattimore's translation of Homer's epic Greek poem captures its fast-moving narrative and vigorous language. The volume features an extensive introduction summarizing the story and analyzing the text and the controversies surrounding

The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green (Homer)(Paperback)

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its

The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English

The Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback)

This prose translation of the The Odyssey is so successful that is has taken its place as on the few really outstanding version of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his

Odyssey - With Illustrations After John Flaxman (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey

Illustrated Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

An illustrated edition of the ancient Greek epic poem, attributed to

The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs; and

Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

Homer's great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea-monsters and sirens, while his

The Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback)

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the

Homer (Graziosi Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of Western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By the 6th century BCE, Homer had already become

The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning set of Homer's epics, brilliantly translated by a leading ancient world scholar. Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green's landmark translations of Homer's timeless epics are now available for the first time in this striking and sleekly designed collector-worthy set. With the

Iliad - A New Translation (Homer)(Paperback / softback)

A stunning new translation of the classic tale of the fall of Troy from one of the world's finest translators. If you enjoyed THE SONG OF ACHILLES, discover the original and the

The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

'Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who was driven / far and wide after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy' Twenty years after setting out to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus is yet to return home to Ithaca. His household is in disarray: a horde of over 100 disorderly and arrogant suitors

The Iliad (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation.The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres

Three Hundred Tang Poems (Harris Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A new translation of a beloved anthology of poems from the golden age of Chinese culture--a treasury of wit, beauty, and wisdom from many of China's greatest poets. These roughly three hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)--an age in which poetry and the arts flourished--were gathered in

The Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback)

The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece... After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the

Politics - A New Translation (Aristotle)(Pevná vazba)

The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation (Fitzgerald Robert)(Paperback)

The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback. This edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald's Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem. Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation

The Aeneid (Virgil)(Pevná vazba)

From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through