The Iliad & The Odyssey

Homer's two great epics of ancient Greece in a single volume. The Iliad recounts episodes of the ten-year siege of Troy, centered on the wrath of Achilles and the heroism, honor and tragedy of Greeks and Trojans alike. The Odyssey follows the cunning Odysseus on his long and perilous voyage home to Ithaca after the war, another ten years of trials, monsters and temptations. Together they are among the oldest and most influential works in Western literature.