The Iliad

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'The best modern prose translation of The Iliad' Robin Lane Fox, The Times

The first of the world's great tragedies, The Iliad centres on the pivotal four days towards the end of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. In a series of dramatic set pieces, it follows the story of the humiliation of Achilleus at the hands of Agamemnon and his slaying of Hektor: a barbarous act with repercussions that ultimately determine the fate of Troy. The Iliad not only paints an intimate picture of individual experience, but also offers a universal perspective in which human loss and suffering are set against a vast and unpitying divine background where fickle, quarrelsome gods decide the fate of men.

Translated with an Introduction by Martin Hammond



PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780140444445
BY (AUTHOR) Homer, INTRODUCTION BY Hammond, Martin, TRANSLATED BY Hammond, Martin
PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd PUBLICATION DATE : August 27, 1987
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Penguin Classics
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 362 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies