Homer

 

HOMER

 

Homêros (Ὅμηρος).
Born around the 8th century BCE, probably in Smyrna, Ionia.
Died possibly in Ios.
Wikipedia: English, French.

 

WORKS

Iliad.
 (Ἰλιάς | Ilias).
 Greek: David Munro and Thomas Allen, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (1902, ed. 1962–1963); — Martin West (1998–2000).
 English: Iliad (Arthur Hall, 1581; first ten books; from the French; verse); — The Iliads (George Chapman, 1611; verse; see also 1843, vol. 1 and vol. 2); — The Iliad, vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5 and vol. 6 (Alexander Pope, 1715–1720; verse; see also 1891); — Iliad (Oxford graduate, 1821, ed. 1833); — The Iliad (Richmond Lattimore, 1951); — The Iliad (Robert Fitzgerald, 1974); — The Iliad (Robert Fagles, 1990); — The Iliad (Stanley Lombardo, 1997); — The Iliad (Rodney Merrill, 2007); — The Iliad (Stephen Mitchell, 2011); — The Iliad (Anthony Verity, 2011); — The Iliad (Edward McCrorie, 2012); — The Iliad (Barry Powell 2013); — The Iliad (Peter Green, 2015); — The Iliad (Caroline Alexander, 2015); — The Iliad (Emily Wilson, 2023).
 French: Iliade (Leconte de Lisle, 1867); — Iliade (Mario Meunier, 1956); — Iliade (Paul Mazon, 1961–1963); — Iliade (Pierre Judet de La Combe, 2019).

Odyssey.
 (Ὀδύσσεια | Odusseia).
 Greek: Thomas Allen, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (1908, ed. 1958–1962).
 English: The Odysseys (George Chapman, 1614–1616; verse; see also 1857, vol. 1 and vol. 2); — The Odyssey (George Palmer, 1891); — The Iliad (Emily Wilson, 2017).
 French: Odyssée (Leconte de Lisle, 1868).

Homeric Hymns.
 (Ὁμηρικοὶ ὕμνοι | Homêrikoi umnoi).
 Doubtful ascription.
 Greek: Thomas Allen (1912, ed. 1961).
 English: The Homeric Hymns (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914, ed. 1943).
 French: Hymnes homériques (Leconte de Lisle, 1868).

Epigrams.
 (Επιγράμματα | Epigrammata).
 Doubtful ascription.
 English: Homer’s Epigrams (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914, ed. 1943).
 French: Épigrammes (Leconte de Lisle, 1868).

Battle of the Frogs and Mice.
 (Βατραχομυομαχία | Batrakhomuomakhia).
 Spurious ascription. Possibly written in the 3rd century BCE.
 Greek: Thomas Allen (1912, ed. 1961).
 English: The Battle of the Frogs and Mice (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914, ed. 1943).
 French: La Batrakhomyomakhie (Leconte de Lisle, 1868).

 

Created on 3 June 2021. Updated on 11 May 2026.