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DESCRIPTION :
‘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
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