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Books : Poetry, Drama & Criticism : Poetry : Genres : Epics

• The Iliad

  Homer

  
  
   

• Beowulf

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• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

  Homer

  
  An epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and cunning to the full.
  
   

• The Iliad (Penguin Classics)

  Homer

  
  Tells the story of Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus, he storms back into battle to take revenge - although knowing this will ensure his own early death.
  
   

• The Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics)

  Homer, Adam Roberts

  
  
   

• The Iliad (Wordsworth Classics)

  Homer

  
  A translation of Homer's poem of war which is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. This volume retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.
  
   

• The Iliad and The Odyssey

  Homer

  
  
   

• Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics)

  Ovid

  
  The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.
  
   

• The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)

  Virgil

  
  Inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, the Aeneid is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took Aeneas as his hero and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering.
  
   

• THE CANTERBURY TALES (non illustrated)

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  
  One spring day, the Narrator of The Canterbury Tales rents a room at the Tabard Inn before he recommences his journey to Canterbury. That evening, a group of people arrive at the inn, all of whom are also going to Canterbury to receive the blessings of "the holy blissful martyr," St. Thomas à Becket. Calling themselves "pilgrims" because of their destination, they accept the Narrator into their company. The Narrator describes his newfound traveling companions.
  
  The Host at the inn, Harry Bailey, suggests that, to make the trip to Canterbury pass more pleasantly, each member of the party tell two tales on the journey to Canterbury and two more tales on the journey back. The person who tells the best story will be rewarded with a sumptuous dinner paid for by the other members of the party. The Host decides to accompany the pilgrims to Canterbury and serve as the judge of the tales. (non illustrated)
  
  
  
   

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

  Homer

  

  The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmityof the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and native cunning to the full if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

  This edition is a revised translation by D. C. H. Rieu of the translation done by his father, E. V. Rieu, in the first Penguin Classic to be published. Contains a preface by D. C. H. Rieu and an introduction by Peter Jones. Also includes a map, explanatory footnotes, a combined glossary and index, as well as suggestions for further reading of acclaimed criticisms and references.

  
   

• The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)

  
  Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.
  
   

• Beowulf: A New Translation

  Seamus Heaney

  
  
   

• Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) (Oxford World's Classics)

  Apollonius of Rhodes

  
  Paperback
  
   

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

  Homer

  
  Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his wit and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.
  
   

• The "Odyssey" of Homer (P.S.)

  Richmond Lattimore

  
  Odysseus survives a storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope.
  
   

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

  Homer

  
  Presents us with the 'Odyssey', Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the 'Trojan War'. With wit and wile, the 'man of twists and turns' meets the challenges of gods and monsters, only to return after twenty years to a home besieged by his wife's suitors.
  
   

• The Kalevala (Oxford World's Classics)

  
  
   

• The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics)

  Homer

  
  
   

• The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge: From the Irish Epic "Tain Bo Cuailnge"

  
  'The T 'ain B 'o Cuailnge', centre-piece of the 8th century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. This translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other versions, and adds a group of related stories which prepare for the T 'ain.