The Iliad
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Read this stunning translation of Homer s great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy.
High on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy where a bitter and bloody war has dragged into its tenth year, and a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior and his commander. Greek ships decay, men languish, exhausted, and behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate.
This is the Iliad: an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring and momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven. Above all, this is a tale of the devastation, waste and pity of war.
Caroline Alexander s virtuoso translation captures the rhythms and energy of Homer s original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader, accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background t
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Мягкая обложка
Dil:
ENG
Müəllif:
HOMER
Nəşriyyat:
Penguin Books
Səhifə sayı:
608
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