Since 1961, this "Odyssey" has sold more than two million copies and is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. 24 illustrations. Map. Glossary.

Considered one of the greatest literary works of all time, Dante's immortal drama of a journey through Hell is the first volume of his "Divine Comedy." Original.

Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a... [More...]

This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet... [More...]

Fagles presents his universally acclaimed modern verse translation of the world's greatest war story in an exquisite edition with French flaps, designed as a companion volume to "The Odyssey".

This vigorous translation of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries.

"The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."—William Arrowsmith"Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and... [More...]

In this superb new translation with an introduction and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum, all of Dante's vivid images—the earthly, sublime, intellectual, demonic, ecstatic—are rendered with marvelous clarity to read like the words of a poet born... [More...]

For the first time, John Ciardi's translations of Dante's three soaring canticles have been gathered together in a single volume.

Epic masterpiece chronicles last days of the Trojan War—quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, the battle for Helen of Troy, Greek siege of the city, Trojan counterattack, stratagem of the Trojan Horse, many other incidents and events. Vast in scope,... [More...]