Which classical works did Thomas Hobbes translate in his later years?

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English philosopher Thomas Hobbes — Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

In his later years, Thomas Hobbes returned to the classical studies of his youth as a form of intellectual amusement. During this period, he produced translations of two major works by Homer:

In 1675, he published a translation of the Odyssey in rugged English rhymes, which included his preface titled "Concerning the Virtues of an Heroic Poem."1
In 1676, he published a translation of the Iliad.1

While Hobbes is also well-known for his earlier translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, this work was completed much earlier in his career rather than in his final years.2