Homer: The Iliad; The Odyssey
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- Literary English
- Everyday expressions
- Advanced vocabulary
- Long sentence structures
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some knowledge of the ancient classics must continue to be the key to much of our best English literature.
Homer will still retain his personality for the uncritical reader, however a sceptical criticism may question it.
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- INTRODUCTION.Sample
- Chapter I. THE QUARREL OF AGAMEMNON AND ACHILLES
- Chapter II. THE DUEL OF PARIS AND MENELAUS
- Chapter III. THE BROKEN TRUCE
- Chapter IV. THE FIRST DAY’S BATTLE
- Chapter V. THE SECOND DAY’S BATTLE
- Chapter VI. THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES
- Chapter VII. THE THIRD BATTLE
- Chapter VIII. THE DEATH OF PATROCLUS
- Chapter IX. THE RETURN OF ACHILLES
- Chapter X. THE DEATH OF HECTOR
- Chapter XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS
- INTRODUCTION.
- Chapter I. PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS
- Chapter II. TELEMACHUS GOES IN QUEST OF HIS FATHER
- Chapter III. ULYSSES WITH CALYPSO AND THE PHÆACIANS
- Chapter IV. ULYSSES TELLS HIS STORY TO ALCINOUS
- Chapter V. THE TALE CONTINUED—THE VISIT TO THE SHADES
- Chapter VI. ULYSSES’ RETURN TO ITHACA
- Chapter VII. THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS FROM SPARTA
- Chapter VIII. ULYSSES REVISITS HIS PALACE
- Chapter IX. THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION
- Chapter X. THE RECOGNITION BY PENELOPE
- Chapter XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS