Archaic Greek Epic: Homer and Hesiod


GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF HOMER AND ARCHAIC GREECE

Steven Hale's Homer Homepage
The UMass Homer Webpage
Richard Hooker's Homer Page
Astronomy Background for the Study of Homer (from The Observatory of The University of the South)
A collection of Visual Images of the Trojan War
Another collection of Visual Images of the Trojan War and After, including the wanderings of Odysseus.
Image of an actual Papyrus Fragment of Homer's Iliad 22.111-149 (or parts of them), ca 330 BCE. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger image.
Jeremy Rutter's Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean (fairly technical but contains much valuable information)


THE ILIAD

The Text of the Iliad in the original Greek
The Text of the Iliad in English translation
Another English translation of the Iliad

JTK's Study Guide for Homer's Iliad, 1-12
JTK's Study Guide for Homer's Iliad, 13-24

Other Online Study Guides for the Iliad
http://www.temple.edu/classics/epic.html
http://www.temple.edu/classics/iliadho.html
http://www.classics.ucsb.edu/courses/Gallucci/CLASS40/Sum02/Iliad.html
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/homer.htm
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gretaham/Teaching/epic/iliad1.htm
"Conflicting Views of Helen" by Katie Olesker


THE ODYSSEY

The Text of the Odyssey in the original Greek
The Text of the Odyssey in English translation
Another English translation of the Odyssey

JTK's Study Guide for Homer's Odyssey, 1-12
JTK's Study Guide for Homer's Odyssey, 13-24

Other Online Study Guides for the Odyssey
http://www.temple.edu/classics/epic.html
http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/homer/odyssey.html


THE HOMERIC HYMNS

The Text of the Hymns in the original Greek
The Text of the Hymns in English translation
Another English translation of the Hymns

Online Study Guides for the Homeric Hymns (the Complete Collection, or Selected Hymns)
http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pgraha1/myth/HHGuide.html http://www.temple.edu/classics/apolhermhymn.html http://www.temple.edu/classics/aphrodem.html


THE HOMERICA: OTHER POEMS TRADITIONALLY ASCRIBED TO HOMER

The Epigrams of Homer
Homeric Fragments (Expedition of Amphiarus to the Cercopes)
Fragments of the Epic Cycle
The 'Batrakhomuomakhia' or Battle of the Frogs and Mice
The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
The Cypria (framents)
Aethiopis (fragments)
The Little Iliad (fragments)
The 'Iliupersis' or Sack of Ilium (fragments)
The 'Nostoi' or Returns [from the Trojan War], & the Telegony (fragments)


HESIOD

The Text of Hesiod's Theogony in the original Greek
The Text of Hesiod's Theogony in English translation
The Text of Hesiod's Works and Days in the original Greek
The Text of Hesiod's Works and Days in English translation
The Text of Hesiod's Shield of Heracles in the original Greek
The Text of Hesiod's Shield of Heracles in English translation