The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set

The book is high quality and the translations are great.

Very beautiful books and of high-quality as well. I like that they have footnotes to better understand the passages.

Bought this book set after seeing several Odyssey movies and after going to Greece on vacation. The writing is a bit challenging to follow but can definitely manage it. This is a set for the long term. Everyone should know and read the epic.

It is a wonderful recounting of a time long ago. It describes the customs and lives of of our classical ancestors

Beautiful and great quality! Excited delve back into Greek mythology. The print is small tho, so make sure to have your reading glasses!

I enjoyed this modern translation of both books. It spoke to me in ways that I could relate to. The footnotes also helped a great deal. The Illiad, especially, was enjoyable.

A very nice set. It looks good and the binding is sturdy. It should last many years of use and still look presentable on the shelf. The poetic translation is the best I know of. A poetic translation is always suspect because either meaning, tone or the poetic phrases will have to be sacrificed at certain (usually frequent) points. This one goes quite a ways in the direction of maintaining the feel of the original, and staying poetic - a least better than any other translation I know of. The original has a sound and movement in its meter that is unmatched and this translation does not match it, but it does occasionally remind me of the original, and there are a very few, if any, really awkward phrases. The text is also approachable by someone who is not a classical expert, another problem with many translations. Not a masterpiece, but it does allow you to get glimpses of the masterpiece that is the original. It is a very approachable and enjoyable translation, and the best thing out there for these very important, enjoyable, imaginative, and pivotal works in Western literature.

The box has a cloth bound hardback feel, the actual naked hardbacks are a smooth paper feel, and they have a glued binding. The only “flaw” I’ve found with this set is that the box is slightly wider than you would expect so the book will slid in and out quite freely. Other than that these editions are beautiful and sturdy.

I am a fan of Homer's classics. This version is well researched and easy to read.

Great and the translation is awesome

Clásicos a buen precio y con mucho estilo en su presentación. Entrega con antelación a la fecha fijada.

There's whole pages of who is who which is just as yawn-worthy as all the "begats" in the bible, but if you can wade through that the actual story is obviously a classic and gives significantly interesting insight into the times when it was written. There are a number of sentences with typos / problematic wording throughout, so perhaps not the greatest translation and / or editing, but I haven't read any others to compare it to so I don't know that the problem is uniquely with this edition.

Excellent quality 👌