Bestsellers
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
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Thank the gods
- By Stefan Filipovits on 06-22-21
By: Stephen Fry
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War....
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Abridged
- By Amazon Customer on 10-15-18
By: Homer, and others
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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Worth the price, worth the time
- By Sam on 12-31-04
By: Homer
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The Poets' Corner
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- By: John Lithgow
- Narrated by: Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them....
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A Painless Crash Course in the Great Western Poets
- By Brazilgirl on 10-27-14
By: John Lithgow
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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Great Work of Scholarship Accessible to All
- By KY-Barbara on 10-05-23
By: Homer, and others
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Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
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Thank the gods
- By Stefan Filipovits on 06-22-21
By: Stephen Fry
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The Inferno
- By: Dante, Robert Hollander - translator, Jean Hollander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....
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Into Hell
- By Adam on 10-25-19
By: Dante, and others
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Robert Fagles - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War....
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Abridged
- By Amazon Customer on 10-15-18
By: Homer, and others
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 28 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey....
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Worth the price, worth the time
- By Sam on 12-31-04
By: Homer
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The Poets' Corner
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- By: John Lithgow
- Narrated by: Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them....
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A Painless Crash Course in the Great Western Poets
- By Brazilgirl on 10-27-14
By: John Lithgow
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The Canterbury Tales
- Penguin Classics
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translation)
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Daniel Weyman, Derek Jacobi, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....
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Very jarring voices
- By Harry Ballan on 03-12-24
By: Geoffrey Chaucer, and others
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Dante's Divine Comedy
- A Guide for the Spiritual Journey
- By: Mark Vernon
- Narrated by: Mark Vernon
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy was born in a time of troubling transition, which is why it still speaks today. In this narrative retelling and guide, Mark Vernon offers a vivid introduction and interpretation of a book that, 700 years on, continues to open minds and change lives....
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An Inversion of Dante
- By A.B.D. on 09-24-22
By: Mark Vernon
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...
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It's hard to imagine a worse narrator.
- By H. Stark on 09-12-19
By: Homer
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La Divina Comedia
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Artur Mas
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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AMA Audiolibros presenta la Narración del Audiolibro en Español (acento Castellano) de "La Divina Comedia" de Dante Alighieri en la voz de...
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Libro difícil. Solo para iniciados o muy curiosos.
- By Juan Cano-Arribi Company on 12-23-20
By: Dante Alighieri
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The Odyssey (Dramatized)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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In a 20-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets, and ghosts....
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Excellent, but not an exam reference!
- By Joel D Offenberg on 12-27-09
By: Homer, and others
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Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Barry Kraft
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid's sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation....
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Plagued by flaw in audio-book format
- By Amazon Customer on 10-14-08
By: Ovid
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The Iliad & the Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Charles Purkey
- Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and...
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narrator lacks intrigue
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-19
By: Homer
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Metamorphoses
- Penguin Classics
- By: Ovid, David Raeburn - translator, Denis Feeney
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings....
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A revelation
- By Michael Cain on 05-24-20
By: Ovid, and others
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Paradise Lost
- Penguin Classics
- By: John Milton, John Leonard
- Narrated by: Adrian Schiller
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....
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Subtle voice changes help with understanding
- By Danielle Alysse on 02-07-21
By: John Milton, and others
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The Iliad
- A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
- By: Homer, Caroline Alexander - translator
- Narrated by: Dominic Keating
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source....
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Forceful
- By Tad Davis on 04-22-16
By: Homer, and others
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The Mahabharata
- By: John D. Smith - translator
- Narrated by: Shaheen Khan, Sagar Arya
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....
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Confusing arrangement ruins it
- By R.B. on 03-26-21
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous Northern England poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition....
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great original, translation, and reader
- By Mary on 04-30-08
By: Simon Armitage
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
- By: Gerald J. Davis
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The tale of the fifth king of the first dynasty of Uruk (in what is modern-day Iraq), who reigned for 126 years, according to the ancient Sumerian list of kings....
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Poetic translation of an epic story
- By K on 07-12-15
By: Gerald J. Davis
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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Great Epic Poem Narrated Well
- By David on 01-09-06
By: John Milton
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Rumi's Little Book of Life
- The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
- By: Rumi, Maryam Mafi - translator, Azima Melita Kolin - translator
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This beautiful collection of 196 of his poems, previously unavailable in English and now translated by native Persian speakers Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, will appeal to Rumi lovers everywhere who want a guidebook for their inner journey....
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Such eloquence and beauty I have no words. My soul is filled with unspeakable love and joy. My heart is full
- By amby on 12-11-22
By: Rumi, and others
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The Knight's Tale
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Knight's Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury....
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Great recording
- By Kotzer on 06-25-19
By: Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Corsair
- By: Lord Byron
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Conrad, the Corsair, is the chieftain of a pirate band, and plans to attack the Pacha, Seyd, and seize his possessions. Conrad's wife, Medora, prevails upon her husband to abandon his plan and remain at home. Conrad and his pirate crew set sail for the Pacha's island....
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Inspired Interpretation
- By Andi on 06-18-21
By: Lord Byron
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A Odisseia
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Laura Mayumi, Alê Merz, Angela Couto, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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versão em áudio desta descrição da Guerra de Tróia é rica em elementos sonoros ligados às batalhas, à natureza, às manifestações dos deuses e à musicalidade grega....
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Incomplete book
- By Vagner V. on 11-14-20
By: Homer
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Transcendentalism
- Walden, Self-Reliance, Leaves of Grass, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Walking and Nature: Exemplary Collection of Essays and Poems
- By: Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and others
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Transcendentalism embodies the concept that people have a deeper and more profound understanding of the world around them than simply by what they can glimpse with their senses....
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The power of the mind
- By Rachel A. on 10-20-22
By: Henry David Thoreau, and others
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The Divine Comedy
- Penguin Classics
- By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Robin Kirkpatrick, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....
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Solid, read with gusto
- By Tad Davis on 11-15-20
By: Robin Kirkpatrick - translator, and others
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Jon Waters
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Paradise Lost is a well-known and integral part of the English literary canon. Told as an epic poem in blank verse, Paradise Lost is John Milton’s retelling of the biblical story of Satan’s fall from grace and the beginning of humanity....
By: John Milton
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Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective....
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Wonderful New Translation!
- By JW on 12-06-22
By: Ovid
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Beowulf
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The oldest long poem in Old English, written about AD 1,000, Beowulf tells the story of a great warrior of southern Scandinavia, in both youth and maturity....
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Beowulf lives again!
- By Andrew on 02-13-12
By: Anonymous
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The Iliad and The Odyssey
- By: Homer
- Narrated by: Rob Goll, Lance Rasmussen, Josh Innerst, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The Iliad, set 9 years into the Trojan War, tells the story of the wrath of Achilles. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus as he wearily travels home from the war. The two epics provide the basis of Greek education and culture in the classical age....
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Wonderful! I was waiting for a dramatized version
- By Goldie on 09-11-23
By: Homer