A book devoted to the history of Homer's translations into Russian covers in detail the hundred-year period - from Lomonosov (1748) to Zhukovsky, Ordynsky, Arsenyev (1849-1853), Gnedich, etc. - which is something integral in communication and continuity. The book is built on the model of historical and literary research, born of the traditions of the formal school with its interest in secondary figures of literary life, circumstances and details of literary controversy and the desire to create a panoramic cultural and historical background. The book relies on a wide range of dated sources, contains their exact interpretation. The book is addressed to students and graduate students specializing in Russian and classical philology and translation theory, as well as to everyone interested in the history of Russian literature and journalism.