This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful ... who comes closest to the humane wisdom of Homer himself. Thanks to Homer, two of the distinctive features of Greek civilization are its ...

THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER—Translated by George Herbert Palmer;illustrated by N. C. Wyeth—Houghton Mifflin ($5.00). As fewer and fewer people read Greek, translations of the Greek classics become ...

Relevant facts about ancient Greek history (Everything you need to know ... In the Classical period, Herodotus is on record as saying that Homer and Hesiod are the foundation for all civilization.

The Odyssey, the inspiration for Pasolini’s film, is a Greek epic ... The Penelopiad. The book was notable for also giving voice to 12 maids mentioned only in passing by Homer, hanged by ...