HOMER. TRANSLATED BY S. O. ANDREW AND M. J. OAKLEY,.
Homer's Iliad.
Homer's Iliad; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1960.
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Finely bound Everyman's Library edition of one of the oldest and most influential works of Western literature. Octavo, finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Translated by S. O. Andrew and M. J. Oakley. With an introduction by John Warrington. Preface by M. J. Oakley. In fine condition.
Homer was the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of all time. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek kingdoms. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the ten-year journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education; to Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" (ten Hellada pepaideuken).
Homer's Iliad.
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