Iliad - A New Translation

Informationen zum Autor Little is known about the poet Homer but he is thought to have composed THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY - the first extant works of Western literature - in the second half of the eighth century BC, and according to tradition lived on the island of Chios in the east Aegean. Stephen Mitchell is a bestselling translator. His translation of Gilgamesh sold over 800,000 copies in the States and was described by Harold Pinter as 'a revelation'. He also received great acclaim for his translations of the Bhagavad Gita, the Tao Te Ching, Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus and the Book of Job. He was educated at Amherst College, the Sorbonne and Yale University. Klappentext A stunning new translation of the classic tale of the fall of Troy from one of the world's finest translators. If you enjoyed THE SONG OF ACHILLES, discover the original and the best... Zusammenfassung A stunning new translation of the classic tale of the fall of Troy from one of the world's finest translators. If you enjoyed THE SONG OF ACHILLES, discover the original and the best...

Product details

• Authors: Homer
• Assisted by: Stephen Mitchell (Translation)
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9780753827772
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2777-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 197 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / War & Military, POETRY / General, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Ancient, classical and medieval texts