Homer

1200-500 / Male / Greek

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Essential Poems

A first path through Homer, balancing reader signal, quality labels, registers, and obvious canonical titles.

Iliad, War, and Heroes

Achilles, Hector, battle, grief, rage, and the martial world of the Iliad.

Odyssey, Sea, and Return

Odysseus, sea voyages, homecoming, cunning, gods, and the journey home.

Gods, Fate, and Ancient Song

Gods, fate, supplication, ritual, and the epic world behind the human drama.

The Homeric Hymns: 5- To AphroditeV. TO APHRODITE (293 lines) / (ll. 1-6) Muse, tell me the deeds of golden Aphrodite the / Cyprian, w

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The Homeric Hymns: 27- To ArtemisXXVII. TO ARTEMIS (22 lines) / (ll. 1-20) I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who / cheers

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The Homeric Hymns: 2- To DemeterII. TO DEMETER (495 lines) / (ll. 1-3) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess / -- of

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The Homeric Hymns: 3- To ApolloIII. TO APOLLO (546 lines) / TO DELIAN APOLLO -- / (ll. 1-18) I will remember and not be unmindful o

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The Homeric Hymns: 4- To HermesIV. TO HERMES (582 lines) / (ll. 1-29) Muse, sing of Hermes, the son of Zeus and Maia, lord / of Cyl

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The Homeric Hymns: 22- To PoseidonXXII. TO POSEIDON (7 lines) / (ll. 1-5) I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of / th

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The Iliad: Book 13Now when Jove had thus brought Hector and the Trojans to the / ships, he left them to their never-en

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The Iliad: Book 15But when their flight had taken them past the trench and the set / stakes, and many had fallen by th

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The Odyssey: Book 08Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, / Alcinous and Ulysses both rose, and A

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The Homeric Hymns: 26- To DionysusXXVI. TO DIONYSUS (13 lines) / (ll. 1-9) I begin to sing of ivy-crowned Dionysus, the loud- / crying

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