With the Eclogues, Virgil established his reputation as a major poet, and with the Georgics, he created a masterpiece of Latin poetry. The Eclogues unfolds in an idyllic landscape shadowed by thwarted romance and civil war. The Georgics celebrates Italy's natural beauty, the values of piety and family life, and the vitality of the Italian people. Unabridged republication of the London and New York, 1921 edition.
The Metamorphoses: Selected Stories in Verse by Ovid This selection highlights 30 tales from classical mythology: Venus and Adonis, Pygmalion, Apollo and Daphne, Narcissus, Perseus and Andromeda, Orpheus and Eurydice, the Cyclops, and Circe, among others. F. A. Wright translation.
Works and Days, Theogony and The Shield of Heracles by Hesiod, Hugh G. Evelyn-White Like his contemporary, Homer, Hesiod artfully recounts the struggles and triumphs of the gods and offers moral and practical advice for earthbound mortals. A marvelously readable and accurate translation.
The Iliad by Homer Epic masterpiece chronicles last days of Trojan War — quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, siege of Troy, death of Hector, Trojan Horse, many other incidents and events. Celebrated Samuel Butler prose translation.
