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Odyssey: Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library)

Autor: Homer
Übersetzer: A.T. Murray

Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Band 1)

Autor: Dante
Illustrator: Gustave Dore
Übersetzer: Anthony Esolen

Eclogues (Loeb Classical Library)

Autor: Virgil
Übersetzer: H.R. Fairclough

Homer the Preclassic: Volume 67 (Sather Classical Lectures, Band 67)

Autoren: Gregory Nagy, Chris Dadian

Bhagavad Gita

Einleitung: Richard H. Davis
Übersetzer: Stanley Lombardo

The Mahabharata

Übersetzer: Bibek Debroy

Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics)

Autor: Dick Ringler

Über Mythologie und Cultus von Hawaii

Autor: Dr. Ths. Achelis

Rinaldo: A New English Verse Translation with Facing Italian Text, Critical Introduction and Notes (Italica Press Poetry in Translation)

Torquato Tasso

Oyster

Michael Pedersen

Involution & Evolution

Joss Sheldon

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics)

The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)

Virgil

Monkey (Pocket Penguins)

Wu Ch'eng-en

The Descent of Alette (Penguin Poets)

Alice Notley

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Large Print

Lord Byron

Beowulf: The New Translation

Gerald J. Davis

J. R. R. Tolkien, author of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, in his famous 1936 lecture, " Beowulf, the Monsters and the Critics", said, " Beowulf is among my most valued sources. It is a work of genius, rare and surprising in the period, and it is worth studying. In Beowulf we have an historical story about the pagan past. Beowulf is not an actual picture of historic Denmark or Geatland or Sweden about 500 A. D. But it is, on a general view, a self-consistent picture, a construction bearing clearly the marks of design and thought. Beowulf is, indeed, the most successful old english heroic elegy. "

The origins, history and authorship of Beowulf are shrouded in uncertainty. This heroic epic probably began, as most do, with a wandering troubadour strumming a stringed instrument, sitting before a hearth-fire, and singing the verses to a spellbound audience arrayed before him. At some point, the words of the troubadour were inscribed in manuscript form, in order to preserve the story for posterity. The events depicted in this story take place during the late fifth to early sixth century. However, there is great dispute among scholars as to when the manuscript itself was actually transcribed. Tolkien believed it was written about the eighth century, while other serious experts assert it was written as late as the early 11th century. Beowulf is a rousing adventure story, filled with intrepid heroes, monsters and fire-breathing dragons, which can be listened to for the sheer enjoyment of the tale.

The Tale of Sinuhe: And Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 (Oxford World's Classics)

The Complete Illuminated Books of William Blake (Unabridged - With All The Original Illustrations) (English Edition)

Autor: William Blake
Illustrator: William Blake