The Iliad

"A new translation of Homer's Iliad, with introduction, notes, synopsis, and glossary."--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He is the author of both historical studies and translations of poetry, including The Poems of Catullus and Apollonios's The Argonautika, both by UC Press.

Summary

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, this book features an epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods.

Report

A compelling translation of the Iliad, written with great verve, and 'naturally declaimable' in English, as Peter Green intended. His concern for first-time readers makes the story, its rhetoric, and its poetic power vividly accessible. - Pat Easterling, Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University

Product details

• Authors: Homer
• Assisted by: Peter Green (Translation), Green Peter (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2015
• EAN: 9780520281417
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28141-7
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 48 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Poetry / poems by individual poets