![]() ![]() In The Odyssey, in his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, Odysseus must pass through the land of the Cyclopes, encounter Circe the Enchantress, and face the terrible Charybdis and the six headed serpent Scylla.īoth epics are translated here by Samuel Butler. The Iliad, the first of Homer's epic poems, tells of the counsel of Nestor, Achilles's slaying of Hector, and the defeat of the Trojans by the Greeks. ![]() The Iliad is about the warriors and heroes who are involved in the Trojan war. The facts of the war would have been passed down through the ancient Greek oral tradition, to which the Iliad owes a great deal. For Homer, the events of the war would have taken place long ago. In this extraordinary two volume audio set, the glorious saga again unfolds, telling the story of courage and magical adventure in Ancient Greece. Hobbess translation of Homers epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The events described in the Iliad refer to the Trojan War, a semi-mythical conflict that was supposedly waged sometime between 13 BC. If Homer did in fact exist, this supposedly blind poet was from some region of Greek-controlled Asia-Minor and recited his poems at festivals and political assemblies. These classic epics provided the basis for Greek education and culture throughout the classical age and formed the backbone of humane education through the birth of the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity. ![]() ![]() Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey. The Iliad is set during the tenth year of the war. ![]()
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