classical studies

The Odyssey: A New Translation by Walter Shewring

Homer · 1980

Text: English, Greek (translation)

The Odyssey

Homer · 2018

The Iliad

Homer · 2024

The Odyssey

Homer · 1998

The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation

Homer · 2004

Anger be now your song, immortal one,<br/>Akhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous,<br/>that caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss<br/>and crowded brave souls into the undergloom,<br/>leaving so many dead men-carrion<br/>for dogs and birds; and the will of Zeus was done.<br/>-Lines 1-6<br/><br/>Since it was first published, Robert Fitzgerald's prizewinning translation of Homer's battle epic has become a classic in its own right: a standard against which all other versions of The Iliad are compared. Fitzgerald's work is accessible, ironic, faithful, written in a swift vernacular blank verse that "makes Homer live as never before" (Library Journal).<br/><br/>This edition includes a new foreword by Andrew Ford.

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

Homer, Caroline Alexander · 2016

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War<br/>Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war.<br/>Soldier and civilian, victor and vanquished, hero and coward, men, women, young, old—The Iliad evokes in poignant, searing detail the fate of every life ravaged by the Trojan War. And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages.<br/>Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander’s new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source—a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power.

The Iliad of Homer

Homer · 2011

The Odyssey of Homer

Richmond Lattimore · 2009

<p>Homer's great epic The Odyssey —one of Western literature's most enduring and important works—translated by Richmond Lattimore<br></p><p>"A splendid achievement... the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet."— New York Times Book Review<br></p><p>A classic for the ages, The Odyssey recounts Odysseus' journey home after the Trojan War—and the obstacles he faces along the way to reclaim his throne, kingdom, and family in Ithaca.<br></p><p>During his absence, his steadfast and clever wife, Penelope, and now teenaged son, Telemachus, have lived under the constant threat of ruthless suitors, all desperate to court Penelope and claim the throne. As the suitors plot Telemachus' murder, the gods debate Odysseus' fate.With help from the goddess Athena, the scattered family bides their time as Odysseus battles his way through storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops, the isle of witch-goddess Circe, the deadly Sirens' song, a trek through the Underworld, and the omnipresent wrath of the scorned god Poseidon.<br></p><p>An American poet and classicist, Richmond Lattimore's translation of The Odyssey is widely considered among the best available in the English language. Lattimore breathes modern life into Homer's epic, bringing this classic work of heroes, monsters, vengeful gods, treachery, and redemption to life for modern readers.<br></p>

The Iliad

Homer · 1998

The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles, and featured in the Netflix series The OA A Penguin Classic Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls “an astonishing performance.” This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 9780140275360

The Odyssey

Homer · 1997

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles<br/><br/>A Penguin Classic<br/><br/>Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy." So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin in the New York Times Book Review hails as "a distinguished achievement."<br/><br/>If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.<br/><br/>In the myths and legends retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles's translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.<br/><br/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Heracles and Other Plays

Euripides · 2008

Four Tragedies and Octavia

Lucius Annaeus Seneca · 1966

Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Jason and the Argonauts (Penguin Classics)

Apollonius of Rhodes · 2014

The Rise and Fall of Athens (Penguin Classics)

Plutarch · 2009

Lucian: Selected Dialogues (Oxford World's Classics)

Lucian · 2009

Tales of Dionysus

Nonnus (of Panopolis) · 2022

Electra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

Sophocles · 2008

The Three Theban Plays

Sophocles · 2009

The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides

Aeschylus · 1973

Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians (Classics)

Aeschylus · 2003

Metamorphoses

Ovid · 2004

<p><b>'Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text' Nicholas Lezard, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>Ovid's sensuous and witty poem begins with the creation of the world and brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into extraordinary new beings. Including the well-known stories of Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy, the <i>Metamorphoses</i> has influenced writers and artists from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and Ted Hughes. This translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original.<br><br>Translated by DAVID RAEBURN with an Introduction by DENIS FEENEY</p>

The Bacchae, and Other Plays

Philip Tr Vellacott · 2021

Medea and Other Plays

Philip; Euripides Vellacott · 1984

Theogony and Works and Days (Oxford World's Classics)

Hesiod · 2009

This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.<br/><br/>About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Homeric Hymns

Homer · 2003

The Aeneid (fagles Translation)

Virgil, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox, Simon Callow · 2007

Daphnis and Chloe

Longus · 2002

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

The Younger Pliny · 2003

Catullus: The Complete Poems (Oxford World's Classics)

Catullus · 1998

Ancient Greek Literature

Tim Whitmarsh · 2004

Greek History: The Basics

Robin Osborne · 2014

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard · 2016

Classical Civilization: A History in Ten Chapters

Nigel Spivey · 2015

Defence Speeches (Oxford World's Classics)

Cicero · 2009

The Parthenon

Mary Beard · 2010

Roman Art

Andrew Ramage, Nancy H. Ramage · 2004

Archaic and Classical Greek Art (Oxford History of Art)

Robin Osborne · 1998

Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Julia Annas · 2001

Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 2

Peter Adamson · 2015

Classical Philosophy

Peter Adamson · 2014