{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-epic","title":"Il libro dell’epica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat drives a hero onward: anger, duty, love, or the hope of reaching home?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Book of the Epic, H. A. Guerber retells great narrative poems in plain prose. Begin with Homer’s Iliad, where Achilles withdraws from the siege of Troy after a quarrel with Agamemnon. Follow Odysseus as he struggles to reach Penelope and home, then turn to Virgil’s Aeneid, where Aeneas flees a burning city with his people’s future at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journey reaches Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, and The Song of Roland, with their monsters, bold princes, and embattled knights. Dante’s Divine Comedy turns toward a journey through the afterlife, while India’s Ramayana follows the exiled Rama as he seeks to rescue Sita. Guerber helps you follow these stories, place their names, and notice what distant traditions share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeroes with urgent choices\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Achilles, Odysseus, and Aeneas through quarrels, perilous journeys, and the pull of home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMonsters across the sea\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Beowulf to King Hrothgar’s aid, where the monster Grendel threatens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove and knightly courage\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Siegfried seeking Kriemhild’s hand, and Roland fighting beside his wiser friend Oliver.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJourneys beyond familiar ground\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Dante’s imagined afterlife and Rama’s quest to rescue Sita from Ravana.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA clear path into epic\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover the plots behind treasured poems without first working through their full verse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for curious readers, students, and lovers of myth who want the stories before, or instead of, the full poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and begin among the heroes, quarrels, and journeys of ancient Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534731575644,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/14876_en_ebook-front_c23.jpg?v=1792175147","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/il-libro-dellepica","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}