You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...'The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe, the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swine.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Alas that mortalsShould blame the gods! From us, they say,All evils come. Yet they themselvesIt is who through defiant deedsBring sorrow on them-far more sorrowThan fate would have them bear.'Attributed to the...

Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together...

No home library is complete without the classics!and Iliad andamp; Odysseyand 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 Iliadand andand The Odysseyand are two of the oldest works...

Dating from around the 8th century BC, The Iliad is a prime example of an epic narrative poem and is one of Western literature's oldest works.It tells the story of the weeks during the Trojan war when King Agamemnon and the hero warrior Achilles...

Set during the final year of the Trojan War, The Iliad centres on the conflict between the Greek hero Achilles and King Agamemnon, and the ensuing wrath of Achilles, which has devastating consequences for both the Achaeans and the Trojans. As Achilles withdraws from...

The Iliadis 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 on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan...

The first of the world's great tragedies,and The Iliadand centres on the pivotal four days towards the end of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. In a series of dramatic set pieces, it follows the story of the humiliation of Achilleus...

Clanless, lawless, homeless is he who is in love with civil war, that brutal ferocious thing.' The epic poem The Iliad begins nine years after the beginning of the Trojan War and describes the great warrior Achilles and the battles and events that take...

The legendary poet of Greek antiquityand Homerand is surrounded by almost as much myth as the characters of his two epic poemsand The Iliadand andand The Odyssey.and As two of the oldest extant works of Western literature they formed the foundations for Ancient Greek...

Discover and treasure one of the greatest war stories of all time with this luxurious edition of Homer's first great epic,and The Iliad.Find yourself swept right into the emotion of the action and characters, including Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth,...

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 home after the Trojan...

The Odysseyand is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself'and GuardianThe epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest...

A stunning gift edition of the age-old tale of Odysseus and his journey.This epic poem by Homer, believed to have been written between the eighth and ninth centuries BC, continues to be essential reading for young and old alike.The Odysseyand follows the Greek hero...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksOn the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles: godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks. But when his pride is wounded and he refuses to fight, the thread of fate...

Theand Iliadand andand Theand Odysseyand are two epic poems from Ancient Greece which have become cornerstones of Western literature. This stunning jacketed hardback brings together these two works in an accessible prose translation, ideal for those wanting to be thrown into the action of...