sentences:  According to the usual story, the history of "Belles Lettres" began in World War I when the linguist Joseph Vendryes wanted a critical edition of Homer to include in his field pack, but could find only German editions.At the end of the war, the Association Guillaume Budé was created, named for the 16th-century French humanist.The association began with the mission of increasing the availability of the great classics of Greek and Latin culture and decided to publish "a comprehensive collection of Greek and Latin authors, [both] texts and translations".