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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world's greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion. The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars to his beloved wife. Though the stormy god of the ocean has sworn vengeance against him, and witches and sirens try to lure him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side.… (meer)
Homerus, eigenlijk Homeros (Oudgrieks: Ὅμηρος, Hómēros), was een Griekse dichter en zanger die leefde van ca. 800 v.Chr. – ca. 750 v.Chr. Hij vervaardigde epische gedichten, waarin hij een groot aantal overgeleverde heldensagen, godenverhalen en mythische vertellingen uit zijn cultuur verwerkte. Twee epische gedichten, de Ilias en de Odyssee, de oudst bekende en bewaard gebleven literaire werken van de Griekse letterkunde, worden aan hem toegeschreven. Hier bestaat echter al lange tijd grote onzekerheid over. Het wordt zelfs betwist dat beide werken door één auteur zijn vervaardigd. ( )
Goedkoop is duurkoop zei mijn moeder altijd. ja mam. Maar het is wel zo denk ik. Als 1e jaars student deze uitgave bij de Slegte gekocht voor een tientje, maar nu wilde ik dat ik dat tientje bewaard had en voor een betere uitgave was gegaan.
Hij is niet heel slecht, maar er zijn zo veel beter op de markt met inleidingen, noten nawoord en notenapparaat te verkrijgen, die ook nog eens beter zijn vertaald. Maar goed. Voor dat geld mag je eigenlijk niet klagen. dat mag dan weer niet.... ( )
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An Friedrich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg 1780
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Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
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Then forth he came, his both knees falt'ring, both / His strong hands hanging down, and all with froth / His cheeks and nostrils flowing, voice and breath / Spent to all use, and down he sank to death. / The sea had soak'd his heart through; all his veins / His toils had rack'd t'a labouring woman's pains, / Dead-weary was he.
And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves to love and to the enjoyment of one another. Never yet have I been so overpowered by passion neither for goddess nor mortal woman as I am at this moment for yourself — not even when I was in love with the wife of Ixion who bore me Pirithoüs, peer of gods in counsel, nor yet with Danaë, the daintly ankled daughter of Acrisius, who bore me the famed hero Perseus. Then there was the daughter of Phonenix, who bore me Minos and Rhadamanthus. There was Semele, and Alcmena in Thebes by whom I begot my lion-hearted son Heracles, while Samele became mother to Bacchus, the comforter of mankind. There was queen Demeter again, and lovely Leto, and yourself — but with none of these was I ever so much enamored as I now am with you.”
Then forth he came, his both knees falt'ring, both / His strong hands hanging down, and all with froth / His cheeks and nostrils flowing, voice and breath / Spent to all use, and down he sank to death. / The sea had soak'd his heart through; all his veins / His toils had rack'd t'a labouring woman's pains, / Dead-weary was he.
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Then Minerva assumed the form and voice of Mentor, and presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties.
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This work contains both (and only) The Iliad and The Odyssey. It should not be combined with either work separately or with Greek versions of the same texts (due to the "dead languages" exception).
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world's greatest war epic. The terrible and long-drawn-out siege of Troy remains one of the classic campaigns, the heroism and treachery of its combatants unmatched in song and story. Driven by fierce passions and loyalties, men and gods battle to a devastating conclusion. The Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars to his beloved wife. Though the stormy god of the ocean has sworn vengeance against him, and witches and sirens try to lure him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side.