Iliad

Name: Iliad
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ISBN: 9780199326105

ISBN-10: 019932610X

ISBN-13: 9780199326105

Edition: 2013

Authors: Barry B. Powell, Ian Morris, Ian Morris

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Homer's Iliad is one of the foundational texts of Western Civilization. The timelessness of its story, of men battling fate amidst the horrors of war, still stirs the imaginations of readers year after year. What is offered here is the first translation by someone who is both an eminentscholar and published poet. Based on his thorough familiarity with Homeric language, Powell's free verse translation preserves the clarity and simplicity of the original, while recreating the original feel and sound of the oral-formulaic style. By avoiding the stylistic formality of earliertranslations, and the colloquial and sometimes exaggerated effects of recent attempts, he deftly captures and conveys the…

Book details

List price: $36.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 10/2/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.49" long x 1.52" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



List of Maps and Figures


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Translator


Maps


Homeric Timeline


Introduction



The Rage of Achilles



False Dream and the Catalog of Ships



The Duel Between Menelaos and Paris



Trojan Treachery, Bitter War



The Glory of Diomedes



Hector and Andromachï¿½ Say Goodbye



The Duel Between Hector and Ajax



Zeus Fulfills His Promise



The Embassy to Achilles



The Exploits of Dolon



The Glory of Agamemnon and the Wounding of the Captains



The Attack on the Wall



The Battle at the Ships



Zeus Deceived



Counterattack



The Glory of Patroklos



The Fight over the Corpse of Patroklos



The Shield of Achilles



Agamemnonï¿½s Apology



The Duel Between Achilles and Aeneas



The Fight with the River and the Battle of the Gods



The Killing of Hector



The Funeral of Patroklos



The Ransom of Hector


Bibliography


Credits


Pronouncing Glossary/Index