Step where gods meddle, heroes bleed, one man refuses to stop sailing home
The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Finish the war and the voyage home without ever swapping to a second book
- Lose whole evenings to burning Troy, restless seas, and a kingdom waiting twenty years
- Watch how courage, loyalty, and fate still decide everything, three thousand years later
- Anchor your shelf with a spine of Greek ornament that guests keep asking about
- Give the mythology lover something they will still be showing people years later
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Henry N. (Los Angeles, CA)
I originally bought this for the striking cover, but the stories have given me more than a display piece. Reading both epics together makes their themes feel connected, and I keep returning to passages about courage, pride, loyalty, homecoming, and choices that shape a life.
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Inside the Book: Both Complete Epics That Every Story Since Has Borrowed From
A single hardcover holding the full Iliad and Odyssey, so you can read the war and the long road home without ever switching editions.
The Complete Iliad, Unabridged
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All twenty-four books, from the quarrel that makes Achilles walk away from the war to the night Priam kneels before the man who killed his son. You get the siege of Troy at full length: the duels, the betrayals, the gods picking sides, and the death of Patroclus that changes everything.
The Complete Odyssey, Unabridged
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All twenty-four books of the voyage back. The Cyclops, the Sirens, Circe, Calypso, the descent to the dead, and the years Penelope holds Ithaca together against a house full of suitors. It ends the way every homecoming story since has tried to end.
Samuel Butler's Translation Throughout
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Butler renders both epics in prose rather than verse, so the narrative moves like a story instead of a poem. The interior is set in traditional serif type with decorative title pages opening each work.
Built to Be Displayed, Not Stored
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An ornate Greek-inspired cover with metallic detailing, dramatic red illustrated endpapers, and a spine substantial enough to anchor a shelf. It reads well and it holds attention when it's closed.
Both Epics. One Shelf. Every Story Since.
Both Epics. One Shelf. Every Story Since.
Read the war and the way home together
You get all forty-eight books under one cover, so you finish Troy and sail straight into Ithaca without hunting down a second edition or switching translations halfway through the story.
Stand inside battles people still argue about
Achilles refusing to fight. Hector at the gates. The Cyclops, the Sirens, and a wife holding a kingdom together for twenty years. Butler's prose keeps you moving through it like a story.
Find out what courage and loyalty actually cost
Both epics press on the same questions you carry: what you owe the people waiting for you, what you'll risk for pride, and how much of your life you actually chose.
Put something on your shelf worth noticing
Navy boards with Greek ornament in orange, gold, and grey, dramatic red endpapers, and decorative opening pages. Guests pick it up. Give it and they'll remember who it came from.
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What People Are Saying About The Book
Nicholas B. (Boston, MA),
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I had always wanted to read Homer but assumed the stories would feel difficult and distant. This edition made the experience much more inviting. The language feels manageable, the presentation is beautiful, and I found myself pausing to think about courage, pride, loyalty, and home.
Jessica L. (Houston TX.),
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I bought this because I wanted both epics in one volume, but I did not expect to enjoy it so much. The book feels substantial without being intimidating, and every reading session raises new questions about leadership, fate, responsibility, and what people owe one another.
Rebecca K. (Atlanta, GA),
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The Iliad and Odyssey had been sitting on my reading list for years. Having them together in such a striking edition finally encouraged me to start. The stories demand attention, but never feel pointless; each section offers a conflict, decision, or consequence worth discussing afterward.
Park H. (Denver, CO),
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I expected an impressive display book, but it has become one I return to. The design makes it feel special, while the stories keep revealing different sides of ambition, grief, endurance, and family. It works equally well for focused reading or brief moments of reflection.
Laura J. (Phoenix AZ),
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I knew characters and events but had never read the complete journeys for myself. Experiencing them together gave the story more weight and continuity. I especially appreciated how often the book made me reconsider heroism, victory, loss, and the long consequences of a single choice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is This Book?
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It's a deluxe hardcover containing both of Homer's epics complete and unabridged in one volume: the Iliad and the Odyssey, all forty-eight books, in Samuel Butler's translation. The Iliad covers the final weeks of the Trojan War. The Odyssey follows Odysseus through ten years of trying to get home. Nothing is excerpted, condensed, or retold. The interior is set in traditional serif type with decorative title pages, and the book is bound in an ornate Greek-inspired cover with metallic detailing and red illustrated endpapers.
Is this suitable for me?
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This gives you both foundational texts in one place, in prose rather than verse, so the story carries you rather than the meter. If you already know the myths from film, games, or retellings, this is the source all of them come from. If you collect books, the cover work, endpapers, and shelf presence are the reason to choose this edition over a plain paperback. And if you're buying for someone else, it's a book with enough physical weight and detail to feel like a real gift. Note that Homer wrote about war honestly, so both epics contain graphic violence.
How is this different from standard books and other usual resources?
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Three ways. First, most editions sell the epics separately, which means two purchases, two translations, and two mismatched spines. This is both, complete, under one cover. Second, summaries, videos, and retellings give you the plot but not the actual text, and the plot was never the point. Third, standard paperback editions are built to be read once and shelved. This one is made to stay out where you can see it, with ornate cover detailing and red illustrated endpapers that a mass-market edition doesn't attempt.
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