Title page from The English Works, vol. X (Iliad and Odyssey)

Part of: English Works of Thomas Hobbes, 11 vols. The English Works, vol. X (Iliad and Odyssey)

Hobbes’s translation of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad is about the warriors and heroes who are involved in the Trojan war, what happens to men in combat, and the consequences of pride, ambition, and failure.

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