The Iliad
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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 10th 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. But, above all, it is a tale of the devastation, waste and pity of war.
Main title:
The Iliad / Homer ; a new translation by Caroline Alexander.
Author:
Homer, authorAlexander, Caroline, 1956-, translator
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2015.
Collation:
xxxix, 554 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Ancient Greek.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781784870560 (hbk)
Dewey class:
883.01
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
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BRN:
1815737
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