Otmar Vaňorný Books

Homer’s monumental epic set at the end of the Trojan War explores love, heroism, and the intricate relationship between gods and mortals—now in a beautiful clothbound hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization—the cornerstone of Western culture and an epic poem without rival in world literature. The story centers on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus’s killing of Hektor and the fall of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic view of the world: human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. This edition presents Penguin Classics founder E. V. Rieu’s lively translation of Homer’s great epic. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Tato kniha je převyprávěním Ilias od Homéra. Nejdříve je v ní stručně popsána doba před válkou a její začátky, zbytek knihy se podrobně zabývá rokem desátým.

Takes up the tale of Aeneas near the point where Homer's Illiad had left him. Urged by the gods to fulfill hsi destiny, Aeneas leads the dispossessed survivors of Troy through countless trials and adventures, and visits they underworld before his final defeat of the indigenous Italian tribes, led by Turnus, enables him to establish a new kingdom in central Italy

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Zpěvy rolnické jsou naučná báseň o čtyřech knihách, jež pojednávají o polních pracích při pěstování obilí, o ošetřování ovocných stromů a vinné révy, o chovu dobytka a o včelách. Do věcného výkladu jsou vplétány krásné epizody, jako chvála Itálie, chvála vesnického života,popis koňských závodů, zápasu býku, nebo dobytčího moru. Do poslední knihy je vloženo vyprávění o zahradě koryckého starce. Zpěvy pastýřské jsou sbírka deseti nevelkých básní idylického rázu, zvaných eklogy. Polovina z nich líčí skutečný život pastevců, v zbývajících pěti básních vystupují v rouše pastýřském Vergiliovi současníci - politikové nebo literáti.

Druhý epos, který je připisován Homérovi. Jde o rozsáhlou epickou báseň psanou v daktylském hexametru, která navazuje na události vylíčené v eposu Ilias