Genudgivelse i hardback-luksusudgave. Homers Iliade - beretningen om grækernes krig mod Troja, om Achilleus og hans vrede, om Agamemnon, den smukke Helene, Patroklos, Hektor og Andromache og mange, mange flere. I Otto Steen Dues nyoversættelse.
Genudgivelse i hardback-luksusudgave. Homers Odyseé - et af verdenslitteraturen største værker i Otto Steen Dues berømmede oversættelse.
Med Otto Steen Dues nyoversættelser af Homer er der endelig kommet en udgave af verdenslitteraturen, som både er mundret og tro over for originalen. Odysseen fortæller om... Læs mere
Homer's two epics of the ancient world, The Iliad & The Odyssey, tell stories as riveting today as when they were written between the eighth and ninth century B.C. The Iliad,... Læs mere
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his wit and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.
One of the epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. In his introduction, the author observes that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.