![]() The Iliad is translated by the late-Victorian novelist Samuel Butler, and The Odyssey by adventurer - Lawrence of Arabia - T.E. The translations presented in this wonderful collection are easily accessible prose editions translated by highly-esteemed authors. Administrator The siege of Troy is perhaps the most well-known tale in Western literature. Having angered the sea-god Poseidon he and his men are beset by obstacles including a man-eating Cyclops, deadly storms, and a witch who transforms her enemies into pigs. The Odyssey joins the heroic Odysseus on his epic and tumultuous journey home following the fall of Troy. In disgust the legendary warrior abandons the conflict, taking his men with him. As the Greeks fight to reclaim the beautiful Helen, King Agamemnon seizes Briseis, the concubine of Achilles. The Iliad takes place in the final weeks of the long-fought Trojan War. Originally written around the 8th or 7th century BC in Homeric Greek, The Odyssey was passed down mainly by oral tradition. Fry says that we say these things without believing that. Theseus performed many acts of bravery before he slew the Minotaur on the island. Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, stylishly retold by Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry says that as a child, he found the legends of vengeful gods, wars and monsters hugely exciting. As two of the oldest extant works of Western literature they formed the foundations for Ancient Greek culture, and have been read, translated, adapted and enjoyed across the globe since the 8th century BC. The long circuitous return journey of the Argo was a forerunner of the Odyssey. The legendary poet of Greek antiquity Homer is surrounded by almost as much myth as the characters of his two epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.This handsome slipcased edition brings together two of the most celebrated classical works of literature, The Iliad and The Odyssey. He is the bestselling author of four novels – The Stars’ Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar – as well as three volumes of autobiography – Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years - battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon - to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world.Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. So I will be having high hopes for that one! I’m really curious about this one because The Odyssey is one of my favorite stories ever. I’m also very glad to know that Stephen Fry’s next book is going to be a retelling of The Odyssey. I do wish some of the female characters would’ve gotten more of a time to shine like Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra. ![]() I just really loved how the author recreated him, making Odysseus his own but still giving him the same qualities that we know him for like a sharp intellect and confidence but also the flaws like his temper. Which also wasn’t surprising since he’s always the one that’s my favorite. It was witty, action-packed as well as a real page-turner. I loved his previous books of Mythos and Heroes too so I had no doubts that I would be hooked by this one as well. I really enjoyed how Stephen Fry told this story. ![]() Nobody can deny the epicness of Homer’s Iliad and it always seems equally epic when authors retell the story. He also went into the very beginnings of Troy which most retellings, the ones that I have read anyways, don’t do that. Every book that retells the story of Troy adds something new I have learned and this is definitely the case with Stephen’s Fry’s version of it. With so many retellings of the siege of Troy do we really need more? I say hell yes to that. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today. We dont know when or if this item will be back in stock. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. The Odyssey : Fry, Stephen: Amazon.ae Currently unavailable. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. The story of Troy speaks to all of us – the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years.
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