Homer - the Iliad. Gift book bound in leather

"The Iliad"

None of the numerous literary works of antiquity had such a strong influence on the further development of world culture as the immortal poems of Homer "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". Centuries have passed, but the attractive power of the poems of the legendary epic poet of Ancient Greece is inexorable. The appeal of Homer's poems is not only that their author introduces us to a world separated from modernity by tens of centuries and yet extremely real thanks to the genius of the poet, who preserved in his poems the beat of contemporary life. The immortality of Homer lies in the fact that his brilliant creations contain inexhaustible reserves of universal eternal values - reason, goodness and beauty.

In this edition, readers are invited to the "Iliad" translated by N. I. Gnedich, who managed to convey the" simplicity, strength and important calmness " of Homer's language.