《英雄诗系》取材于古希腊神话故事和英雄传说，据传为荷马所作，也有人把它归在了赫西俄德名下，目前流传下来的是一些不同版本的残篇。本书是对《英雄诗系》的整理、注释，包括“忒拜诗系”、“特洛亚诗系”、“关于赫拉克勒斯和忒修斯的史诗”和“谱系与古物的史诗”四大部分。本书的注释多于正文，其重要性与正文不相上下，因为没有笺释，正文无法识读。因此，本书采用我国古籍整理的习惯体例，将笺注与正文同列，便于阅读。

《列王纪研究》是2005—2008年国家社科研究基金项目。《列王纪》是伊朗（波斯文）史诗，是世界文学名著。

希腊英雄在凯旋途中，遭到诸神的惩罚，在大海上漂流了十年；同时，家乡的境况也十分不妙：向他妻子求婚的人正挥霍他的家产，试图谋害他的儿子。在和神、人以及自然的斗争中，他充分展示了自己的机智和勇敢。他先后战胜了巨人和海怪；游历冥府，看到了战争中阵亡英雄的鬼魂；被仙女挽留了七年；最后终于重返家园，惩罚了他全部的敌人。

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh.s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. In addition to its themes of family, friendship and duties of kings, The Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death. The Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian. Andrew George's gripping translation brilliantly combines these into a fluent narrative and will long rank as the definitive English Gilgamesh.

The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.E.) is one of the world's greatest epic narratives and, quite possibly, its oldest epic poem. Our text is based on a new English translation from original sources. An introduction, interpretive headings, explanatory annotations, and illustrations guide readers through the text and help them explore Near Eastern history and culture. Analogues includes two related groups of ancient poetry. The first is a collection of shorter, older Sumerian poems about the hero Gilgamesh, some of which appear in The Epic of Gilgamesh . The second collection includes material about Gilgamesh from the Hittite language, translations or paraphrases of Babylonian versions of the epic that have not been preserved in the same form. Criticism provides introduction and analysis in essays by William Moran, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Rivkah Harris. A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included. About the Series : No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions . Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehenive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

印度史诗《摩诃婆罗多》的汉语全译本已由中国社会科学出版社出版，全书约有五百万字，装订成厚重的六册。考虑到许多读者无暇阅读全书，而又渴望了解这部享誉世界的印度史诗，出版社建议将我为这部译本撰写的前言、各篇导言和后记汇编成《 导读》，作为单行本出版，以适应读者需要。我觉得这是一件好事，欣然同意，并趁此机会，另外选译了四篇参考文章，作为这部导读的附录。 《摩诃婆罗多》是享誉世界的印度史诗，它的汉语全译本，全书约有五百万字，装订成厚重的六册，许多读者无暇阅读全书，而又渴望了解这部著作，本书将这部译本撰写的前言、各篇导言和后记汇编成《 导读》，作为单行本出版，以适应读者需要。