The Iliad / The Odyssey
No CoverHomer’s twin epics of the Trojan War and Odysseus’s long voyage home, in Robert Fagles’ vivid modern verse translation.
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Homer’s twin epics of the Trojan War and Odysseus’s long voyage home, in Robert Fagles’ vivid modern verse translation.
will contain mild spoilers
Affairs, concubines, and sexual encounters; sensual but rarely graphic
Pervasive graphic battle deaths, dismemberment, slaughter, and gore
Occasional strong wording in modern translation; not pervasive
Recurring wine drinking and feasting as cultural practice
No explicit LGBTQ+ identities or relationships depicted
Greek gods constantly intervene; prayer, sacrifice, and divine will central
Circe’s transformations, enchantments, prophecies, and divine powers
No real-world occult or demonological content present
Recurring themes of kingship, honor, justice, war, and social order
Brief death wishes and despair amid grief and war
Slavery, war prizes, sexual coercion, executions, and cruelty on-page
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