The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer

I gave this book to my youngest son as an unexpected HAPPY. And boy, did it make him truly happy! It’s prominently displayed in his new home and he’s so proud of it.It’s a beautiful addition to any library. It’s leather bound. It will be something he will have for the rest of his life.Mom did good!

A classic in every library but nice to have on Kindle.

I dropped the book once and the cover came completely off, But since it was so beautiful and the font was nice I decided to just super glue The cover back on and I’ve had no problem since

I've become so immersed in history, different cultures, different cultural mythology and methods of the way the world used to be. I read this in high school, but now I have such an appreciation for this type of literature. It is a magnificent read. It captures the old Greek world, although some of it may seem 'outlandish', it's a beautiful epic poem.

(Canterbury Classics 2011 - Yellow cover with man on horse followed by man with spear and shield embossed on a gold background)It's the Samuel Butler prose translation, which is a well-regarded prose version of the Iliad and Odyssey [now in public domain fyi], but they changed the names of gods back to Greek from Butler's Roman.I noticed something like ten or fifteen typos where the word was misspelled as another valid word, for example you might see "all who escaped depth in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home" instead of "all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home". There were no nonsense typos or printing errors, though.

I already have waaay too many books to read BUT, I've always this in my collection and the absolute BEAUTY this book is makes it well worth the price folks.Sure it's not an Easton Press collectible but this book is just superbly well made, perfect color, nice cover art, gilded pages, etc. I kept seeing it on my list of items to get through the order and just figured "Aw what the heck, just buy it already so you can stop thinking about it!" lol. I'm more than happy with this book and hope to find the time to read this time honored classic one of these days.

Yes, the book is beautiful. The edges are gilt. It appears to be leather-bound. Everything is fine with one exception: there is no pagination. Yes, I know, the original Butler translation did not offer pagination, but it would not have been so very expensive to hire a scholar to add the pagination and make it suitable for scholastic study as well as reading for pleasure. I have no problem with the fact that Butler does not use the Greek names of the Gods; most translators of his era used the Roman names of the Gods; I was well aware of this before I purchased this volume. If pagination were added to this addition, I would have rated this five stars.

For those people like me that still need to feel paper when they read, and believe looking at a computer screen is not great for your eye health..This is an excellent buy!The binding is very sturdy, and the cover is of great quality. Reading this book is not for a beginning reader, but a must read if you want to be well versed in the classics.

It's a single volume, contains both the Iliad and Odyssey. The cover is beautiful, with golden details. Worth the price.

Una edición hermosa la mires por donde la mires

Canterbury Classic Collection. Affordable and good quality.

So much better than I anticipated!The metallic decorations on the front and back are beautiful, as are the golden edges of the paper.It is significantly higher quality than I expected and I highly recommend the purchase.

Belíssima edição, no entanto, decepcionei-me com o facto de o texto ser em prosa.