The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad
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The Aeneid
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately verse in a vivid, contemporary idiom.
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
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Homeric Hymns
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The Odyssey
Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
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There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes.
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