Ilias. Odyssee

"Iliad" and "Odyssey" are the most read epics in world literature. The image of Homer among German readers was primarily shaped by Johann Heinrich Voss with his catchy and vivid translations. Throughout his life, he engaged with these works and significantly revised his translations over time. In later editions, he returned to the Greek original more closely than in his first versions. This decades-long struggle for the best "German Homer" is reflected in this edition, which is based on the last version published during Voss's lifetime. In an introduction and two afterwords, classical philologist Melanie Möller discusses the beginnings of Western literature, Homer's language, the peculiarities of translation, and ultimately the question of whether Homer ever existed.