2 Volumes Homer Classics Leather : The Odyssey & The Iliad

Publisher : International Collectors Library Year : 1961 Pages : 1022 Condition : As New Binding : Leather Price : $89.95

Item Description :

"Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral story-telling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. According to Martin West, "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name." THE ODYSSEY, 1961 – Homer International Collectors Library, 1961. Like new condition, tight and clean throughout. Leatherette binding with gilt decorations and titles. Ribbon marker attached..Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. 427 pages. THE ILIAD, 1974 - Homer International Collectors Library, 1974. Like new condition, tight and clean throughout. Leatherette binding with gilt decorations and titles. Ribbon marker attached . Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. With drawings by Hans Erni including frontispiece. 595 pages.

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