{"product_id":"iliad-20","title":"Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The best modern prose translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e' Robin Lane Fox, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first of the world's great tragedies, \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Martin Hammond","brand":"Martin Hammond, Homer, Martin Hammond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46711467933932,"sku":"9781777481674","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781777481674.jpg?v=1754225083","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/iliad-20","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}