The Iliad - Hardcover

Homer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038505940X ISBN 13: 9780385059404

Publisher: Anchor / Doubleday, 1974

Synopsis

'Fitzgerald has solved virtually every problem that has plagued translators of Homer.' Atlantic Monthly The Iliad is the story of a few days' fighting in the tenth year of the legendary war between the Greeks and the Trojans, which broke out when Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, abducted the fabulously beautiful Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. After a quarrel between the Greek commander, Agamemnon, and the greatest of the Greek warriors, Achilles, the gods become more closely involved in the action. Their intervention leads to the tragic death of Hector, the Trojan leader, and to the final defeat of the Trojans. But the Iliad is much more than a series of battle scenes. It is a work of extraordinary pathos and profundity that concerns itself with issues as fundamental as the meaning of life and death. Even the heroic ethic itself - with its emphasis on pride, honour, prowess in battle, and submission to the inexorable will of the gods - is not left unquestioned.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Fitzgerald's versions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and the Oedipus plays of Sophocles (with Dudley Fitts) are prized by scholars and general readers alike. An admired poet and teacher of writing, he died in 1988.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Greek (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor / Doubleday
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 038505940X
• ISBN 13: 9780385059404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 594
• Illustrator: Hans Erni