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An edition of Ἰλιάς (1505)

The Iliad

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The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing. Fagles' voice is always that of a poet and scholar of our own age as he conveys the power of Homer. Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox are to be congratulated and praised on this admirable work.

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Viking, Penguin Books
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English
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683

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Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Andromache Hector Helen Homer Paris Priam Telemon Trojans Homère Alexander the Great (358-323 BCE)

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Troy Turkey Troy (Extinct city) Ilium

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Trojan War Bronze Age Geometric Period (c. 900-700 BCE)

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 635-637).

Published in
New York, N.Y., U.S.A

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
883/.01
Library of Congress
PA4025.A2 F33 1990, PA4025.A2F33 1990, PA4025.A2 F33 1998

Contributors

Translator
Robert Fagles
Introduction
Bernard Knox

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 683 p. ;
Number of pages
683

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2225803M
Internet Archive
iliad01homegoog
ISBN 10
0670835102
LCCN
89070695
OCLC/WorldCat
20825683, 66394447
LibraryThing
5057
Goodreads
516650

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL61981W

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Work Description

This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century—while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verses—with their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greek—remain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book.

The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes lived—and thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.

Excerpts

And Trojans hearing the brazen voice of Aeacides,
all their spirits quaked – even sleek-maned horses,
sensing death in the wind, slewed their chariots round
and charioteers were struck dumb when they saw that fire,
relentless, terrible, burst from proud-hearted Achilles' head,
blazing as fiery-eyed Athena fuelled the flames.
added by George.

Interesting piece in the Guardian on Iliad and WWI.

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