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This is a timely collection of poetry through the ages and throughout the world. Homeric poems, epics and tragedies have been collected from two and a half millennia of literature. Each poem is introduced with a commentary.

Reviews:

I enjoyed reading Mahmoud Darwish and other poets in this fine collection of passion and commitment, I hope many people will read it.   Nawal El Saadawi

I highly recommend this collection of poems: they are as vivid as they are thought-provoking.   Colonel Clive Fairweather, CBE, Scottish Appeal Director, Combatstress