![]() Take this course with a master teacher in a live online class. You can also purchase The Iliad & Odyssey Complete Set (with Streaming) instead of the set with DVDs. between the story of the siege and Fall of Troy, and the story of Homers Iliad The material presented: the Iliad covers only 52 days, concentrating on. ![]() ![]() These Memoria Press editions feature the translations of Samuel Butler, which are both scholarly and easily accessible to younger students. The Iliad and the Odyssey have been enormously influential in Western literature and art, and are the perfect place to begin your study of Western culture and the Great Books. The Odyssey was the original great adventure story and character study. The story combines the history, legends, and religion of the ancient Greeks with the imagination. The Iliad was the principal textbook in the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, and the primary authority in matters of ethics and morals, civic behavior, and military tactics. The Iliad is a long narrative poem in dactylic hexameter. Traditionally dated to the 8th century B.C., these epics were the most important influences in the formation of Greek culture. ![]() ![]() Western civilization begins with the two greatest books of the ancient world, the Iliad and the Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer. ![]()
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