Description
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
About the Author
About the Author
Traditionally, Homer was identified as a blind poet from the Greek island of Chios off the coast of modern-day Turkey somewhere between 750-700 BCE. His two poems, the Iliad and Odyssey, are some of the earliest works of literature in the world and are the foundation of western literature and western culture.Michael Heumann is a Professor of English at Imperial Valley College in California. He holds a PhD in English from the University of California, Riverside. This is his first translation.
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Bookbaby
Pub date:
2021-08-02
Length:
558 pages
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