Description: Heroic epic of the eighth to the fifth century BC includes poems about Hercules and Theseus, as well as the Theban Cycle and the Trojan Cycle. Genealogical epic of that archaic era includes poems that create prehistories for Corinth and Samos. These works are an important source of mythological record.
Brief description: Martin Litchfield West, OM, FBA (1937-2015) was Professor of Greek at the University of London and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Review Quotes: A magnificent achievement... As one would expect of a scholar of West's distinction these are accurate, keenly alive to each nuance of the Greek... Scholars owe a considerable debt of gratitude to West for [this] new Loeb.--Richard Whitaker "Scholia Reviews"