The Iliad of Homer and The Odyssey of Homer (2 Volumes)

Two volumes of Homer in Samuel Butler's prose translations, edited by Louise Ropes Loomis for the Classics Club. The Iliad, set toward the end of the Greek siege of Troy, follows the anger of Achilles from his quarrel with Agamemnon to the death of the Trojan prince Hector. The Odyssey follows Odysseus on his journey home from the Trojan War, past the Sirens, Circe and the Cyclops, to find his wife Penelope pursued by suitors.New York: published for the Classics Club by Walter J. Black. The Iliad copyright 1942; The Odyssey copyright 1944. Matching cloth hardcovers with red edges, with The Classics Club Bulletin for The Odyssey laid in.