epic poetry

Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.

Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, Odysseus meets the challenges of gods and monsters.

A Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

The epic poem recounting the experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War.

"The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation"--Provided by publisher.

"John Milton's Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most, beautiful works in world literature. Extracted from the Modern Library's highly acclaimed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this edition reflects up-to-date scholarship and includes a substantial introduction, fresh commentary, and other features - annotations on Milton's classical allusions, a chronology of the writer's life, clean page layouts, and an index - that make it the definitive twenty-first-century presentation of John Milton's timeless signature work."--Page 4 of cover.

Presents an English version of the epic poem which dates from the third millennium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality.

Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.

Presents Homer's classic account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans, from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hector.

Presents John Milton's epic poem, which chronicles man's fall from grace and Satan's rebellion against God, providing a scholarly introduction, chronology, bibliography, Andrew Marvell's verse tribute to Milton from the second edition, and explanatory notes.