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The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse Volume II Only; Homer; Bryant, William Cullen James R. Osgood and Company 1871 Hardcover
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~Good. No DJ. Hardcover. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards; satisfaction guaranteed. Green cloth over boards, dark brown endpapers, gold gilt lettering to cover and spine, moderate bumping and rubbing to corners and edges of covers, hinges weak but holding. The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege, the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war and similar, tending to appear near the beginning, and the events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly approaching the end of the poem, making the poem tell a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. Along with the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC.[1] The Iliad contains over 15,000 lines, and is written in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek with other dialects.
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16.25 USD
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The Odyssey of Homer Translated Into English Blank Verse (Roslyn Edition, Two Volumes in One (Vols 1 & 2)); William Cullen Bryant Houghton Miff; Riverside (Cambridge) B000BSFYIY Hardcover
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B000BSFYIY Top edge gilt, brown cloth over boards, dark brown endpapers, published in 1871 by Houghton Mifflin. Previous owner's signature. Two volumes in one, translated into English Blank Verse. ~Very Good. No DJ. Hardcover. Front hinge cracking, Light shelf wear to boards; satisfaction guaranteed. The Odyssey (Ancient Greek: ????????, Odysseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second?the Iliad being the first?extant work of Western literature. It was probably composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek: ?????????) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage. It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and serfs, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.
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35.00 USD
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