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# Homer

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## About the Author

**Homer** was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the _Iliad_, the story of the siege of Troy, and the _Odyssey_, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings.

## Books by Homer

[![The Iliad](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/301341/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-whd-rouse-with-an-introduction-by-seth-l-schein-and-an-afterword-by-adam-nicolson/)

[The Iliad](/books/301341/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-whd-rouse-with-an-introduction-by-seth-l-schein-and-an-afterword-by-adam-nicolson/ "The Iliad")

[![The Odyssey](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/301342/the-odyssey-by-homer-translated-by-whd-rouse-with-an-introduction-by-deborah-steiner-and-an-afterword-by-adam-nicolson/)

[The Odyssey](/books/301342/the-odyssey-by-homer-translated-by-whd-rouse-with-an-introduction-by-deborah-steiner-and-an-afterword-by-adam-nicolson/ "The Odyssey")

[![The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid Box Set](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/550484/the-iliad-the-odyssey-and-the-aeneid-box-set-by-homer-virgil-translated-by-robert-fagles-introduction-and-notes-by-bernard-knox/)

[The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid Box Set](/books/550484/the-iliad-the-odyssey-and-the-aeneid-box-set-by-homer-virgil-translated-by-robert-fagles-introduction-and-notes-by-bernard-knox/ "The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid Box Set")

[![The Anger of Achilles](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/305469/the-anger-of-achilles-by-homer-translated-with-an-introduction-by-robert-graves/)

[The Anger of Achilles](/books/305469/the-anger-of-achilles-by-homer-translated-with-an-introduction-by-robert-graves/ "The Anger of Achilles")

[![The Odyssey](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/82302/the-odyssey-by-homer/)

[The Odyssey](/books/82302/the-odyssey-by-homer/ "The Odyssey")

[![The Odyssey](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/299801/the-odyssey-by-homer-translated-by-robert-fagles-introduction-and-notes-by-bernard-knox/)

[The Odyssey](/books/299801/the-odyssey-by-homer-translated-by-robert-fagles-introduction-and-notes-by-bernard-knox/ "The Odyssey")

[![The Iliad](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/292279/the-iliad-by-homer/)

[The Iliad](/books/292279/the-iliad-by-homer/ "The Iliad")

[![The Odyssey](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/329524/the-odyssey-by-homer/)

[The Odyssey](/books/329524/the-odyssey-by-homer/ "The Odyssey")

[![Homeric Hymns](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/292157/homeric-hymns-by-homer/)

[Homeric Hymns](/books/292157/homeric-hymns-by-homer/ "Homeric Hymns")

[![The Iliad](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/286327/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-e-v-rieu-revised-and-updated-by-peter-jones-and-d-c-h-rieu-edited-with-an-introduction-and-notes-by-peter-jones/)

[The Iliad](/books/286327/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-e-v-rieu-revised-and-updated-by-peter-jones-and-d-c-h-rieu-edited-with-an-introduction-and-notes-by-peter-jones/ "The Iliad")

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## Books by Homer published by North Atlantic Books

[![](/wp-content/themes/penguinrandomhouse/images/tmp.gif)](/books/643067/the-odyssey-by-charles-stein-translator-editor/9781556437281/)

[The Odyssey](/books/643067/the-odyssey-by-charles-stein-translator-editor/ "The Odyssey")

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