Iliad - translated by Robert Fagles

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LEATHER BOUND COLLECTOR'S EDITION [1983] THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY / OXFORD LIBRARY

C. Am I right? In his suburb introduction, Bernard Knox examines the history of scholarly debate about the origins of the Iliad. In the Iliad, Homer sang of death and glory, of a few days in the struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans. Mortal men played out their fate under the gaze of the gods. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer's poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad's mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls "an astonishing performance. Thus begins the stirring story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles that has gripped listeners and readers for 2,700 years. 68About the AuthorHomer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece.

• 1, 1998
• Features: French flaps, deckle-edged paper
• Genre: Ancient Poetry
• Series: Penguin Classics
• ISBN: 0140275363