The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

World Classics Library: Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

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

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: 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

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 (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

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

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 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

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

The Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback)

Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, 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.This fresh, authoritative translation

Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback / softback)

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

The Odyssey (Homer)(Paperback)

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 are vying to claim Odysseus' wife Penelope, and his young son Telemachus is powerless to stop them. Meanwhile,

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

Iliad (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

In every century since the renaissance, English speakers have felt compelled to possess a translation written especially for their own time of this great epic poem, the earliest and most central literary text of Western culture. That need has been thoroughly met in our century by the distinguished

Iliad (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

Odyssey - Translated by Robert Fitzgerald (Homer)(Paperback / softback)

Odyssea - Manuela Adreani

Král Odysseus se po dobytí Troje touží vrátit domů. Netuší ale, jakou plavbu mu osud připraví… Deset let bloudí po mořích a zažije neuvěřitelná dobrodružství, než se konečně vrátí na rodný ostrov Ithaka. Slavný příběh o králi Odysseovi doplňují nádherné ilustrace

Iliad & Odyssey (Homer)(Leather)

No home library is complete without the classics! Iliad & Odyssey brings together the two essential Greek epics from the poet Homer in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition-a keepsake to be read and treasured.The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the oldest works of western literature--yet