The Iliad - 2nd Revised Edition

Informationen zum Autor Augustus Taber Murray (1866–1940) was Professor of Greek at Stanford University. William Frank Wyatt (1932–2011) was Professor of Classics at Brown University. Klappentext Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result--a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling characterizations of his protagonists as well as a remarkable study of the heroic code in antiquity. The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad." These have been published in the Loeb Classical Library for three quarters of a century, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. William F. Wyatt now brings the Loeb's "Iliad" up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers. Zusammenfassung The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles’ anger over an insult to his honor during the Trojan War, and of its consequences for the Achaeans, the Trojans, and Achilles himself.

Product details

• Authors: Homer, William F. Wyatt
• Assisted by: A. T. Murray (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.1999
• EAN: 9780674995802
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99580-2
• No. of pages: 660
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 170 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; POETRY / General, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Poetry by individual poets, Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: literary and general