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The Iliad
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THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR NOVEL
Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amid devastation and destruction. Perhaps the Western world’s first and best storyteller, Homer draws the reader in with bated breath. His masterful tale contains some of the most famous episodes in all of literature: the curse on the prophet Cassandra; the siege of Troy; the battle between Hector and Achilles; the face that launched a thousand ships; and of course, the deception of the Trojan Horse. To this day, the heroism and adventure of The Iliad have remained unmatched in song and story.
In his “plain English” translation, W.H.D. Rouse makes a point to keep the language as colloquial as Homer’s original was, never pedantic, high-flown, or clichéd. In fact, it is the nearest contemporary English equivalent to the epic Homer’s audience heard at their banquets.
With an Introduction by Seth L. Schein
And a New Afterword
Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amid devastation and destruction. Perhaps the Western world’s first and best storyteller, Homer draws the reader in with bated breath. His masterful tale contains some of the most famous episodes in all of literature: the curse on the prophet Cassandra; the siege of Troy; the battle between Hector and Achilles; the face that launched a thousand ships; and of course, the deception of the Trojan Horse. To this day, the heroism and adventure of The Iliad have remained unmatched in song and story.
In his “plain English” translation, W.H.D. Rouse makes a point to keep the language as colloquial as Homer’s original was, never pedantic, high-flown, or clichéd. In fact, it is the nearest contemporary English equivalent to the epic Homer’s audience heard at their banquets.
With an Introduction by Seth L. Schein
And a New Afterword
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“I first read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller which introduced me to Homer's works. I love the history and stories of the Greeks and the Trojan war. I absolutely loved the chance to learn more and read what inspired so many works of art and stories.
I love reading about Greek mythology, and the greek gods and goddesses play a big role in this book. It delves into the history of the Trogen War and is very informative, speaking every name of significance and explaining in detail their lineage and family and who they were, where they came from, and who they served. Gives a lot more background information to the famous tale that I only previously had glimpses of information from the movie, and it really doesn't compare to this!
This epic poem by Homer was beautiful and violent. Over the course of the Iliad over 260 people have died. This book is a poem about the Inkscape fact of life; that our lives are filled with readers and sorry and we can't escape it. It is about the lengths a human would go to in the gave of grief imeasuable; forsaking humanity for the sake of revenge. It is butter war against good and evil, against civility and savagery. It shows the stark difference between a proprer society where the people uphold morals and decency (Troy) against barbarians who have lost their humanity in and kill and kill and have lost their purpose (the greeks). There are several instances at the end of the book where it mentions cannibalism although it is no mentioned or shown anywhere in the book. It is to show how far the Greeks have fallen, how animalistic they have become even if they may not have done the act itself.
A wonderful tale of human sorrow and grief and the lengths that a person would go to, the madness of one man who gave into grief and revenge and forsaked his humanity after he lost the love of his life.”
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