Famous Translations -- Homer's Epics (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Homer (Ancient Greece), translated by Chen Zhongmei
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Homer's epics (including The Iliad and The Odyssey) are a glorious representation of Ancient Greek literature. Their content is rich and diverse, often regarded as an "encyclopedia" of the "childhood of human society." The Iliad is a monumental work depicting ancient warfare, narrating the war between the Ancient Greeks and the Trojans and celebrating the heroes who fought against foreign adversaries. The Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus's ten-year journey home after the Trojan War. Homer's epics are the of European narrative poetry and are considered the greatest ancient epic, holding an irreplaceable position in the history of world literature. Marx called them "eternal in charm" and a "norm and an unattainable model." Homer's epics have had a profound influence on later literature. Famous world-renowned writers such as Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy highly regarded Homer's epics and drew rich literary nourishment from them. Homer, along with Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe, is hailed as one of the four greatest poets in Western literature. Homer himself was even praised by Dante in The Divine Comedy as the "King of Poets."