N.I. Gnedich introduced Russia to the spirit of ancient classical literature with his translation of the Iliad - this gigantic feat of great talent and great work, the translation of the idyll of Theocritus "Syracusyanka," his own idyll "Fishermen" and other works," Belinsky wrote. This edition includes poems, there were idylls of N.I. Gnedich, "Iliad" translated by the poet. Before each song (chapter) is given its summary in prose.