The Iliad and the Odyssey are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of 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. From antiquity until the present day, the influence of Homeric epic on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education; to Plato, Homer was simply the one who «has taught Greece»
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Homer. Iliad & Odyssey
Iliad & Odyssey
Table of Contents
Iliad
BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
BOOK V
BOOK VI
BOOK VII
BOOK VIII
BOOK IX
BOOK X
BOOK XI
BOOK XII
BOOK XIII
BOOK XIV
BOOK XV
BOOK XVI
BOOK XVII
BOOK XVIII
BOOK XIX
BOOK XX
BOOK XXI
BOOK XXII
BOOK XXIII
BOOK XXIV
Odyssey
BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
BOOK V
BOOK VI
BOOK VII
BOOK VIII
BOOK IX
BOOK X
BOOK XI
BOOK XII
BOOK XIII
BOOK XIV
BOOK XV
BOOK XVI
BOOK XVII
BOOK XVIII
BOOK XIX
BOOK XX
BOOK XXI
BOOK XXII
BOOK XXIII
BOOK XXIV
The Greek Mythology in the Works of Homer by Jane Harrison
THE GODS OF HOMER'S OLYMPUS
ZEUS (JOVE, JUPITER)
HERA
ATHENA (MINERVA)
APHRODITE (VENUS)
ARTEMIS (DIANA)
APOLLO (PHŒBUS)
ARES (MARS)
POSEIDON (NEPTUNE)
THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE (CERES AND PROSERPINE)
DIONYSOS
EROS
The Literary Studies of Homer by Gilbert Murray
INTRODUCTORY
THE LEGENDARY POETS
THE HOMERIC POEMS
ILIAD AND ODYSSEY: THE PANATHENAIC RECITATION
THE EPIC LANGUAGE
THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF HOMER
CRITERIA OF AGE
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Homer, Gilbert Murray
With Literary Study by Gilbert Murray and the Homeric Mythology
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Now after twelve days the immortal gods came back in a body to Olympus, and Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges. She sat herself down before him, and with her left hand seized his knees, while with her right she caught him under the chin, and besought him, saying —
“Father Jove, if I ever did you service in word or deed among the immortals, hear my prayer, and do honour to my son, whose life is to be cut short so early. King Agamemnon has dishonoured him by taking his prize and keeping her. Honour him then yourself, Olympian lord of counsel, and grant victory to the Trojans, till the Achaeans give my son his due and load him with riches in requital.”
