The Iliad
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Contributors:
Powell, Barry B., translator.
Published:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2013, c2014.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xxvii, 596 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Lexile measure:
1330L
Status:
Description
Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia.; The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability" (Edith Hall, The Sunday Telegraph)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, The New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of the first great Homeric epic: The Iliad. In Wilson's hands, this exciting and often horrifying work now gallops at a pace befitting its battle scenes, roaring with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors and the anguished cries of dying men. Wilson's unadorned but resonant language plumbs the poem's profound pathos and reveals its characters as palpably real, even "complicated", human beings. Capping a decade of intense engagement with Homer's poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780199326105, 019932610X
Lexile measure:
1330

Notes

General Note
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-570) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Homer., & Powell, B. B. (20132014). The Iliad. New York, Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Homer and Barry B., Powell. 20132014. The Iliad. New York, Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Homer and Barry B., Powell, The Iliad. New York, Oxford University Press, 20132014.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Homer, and Barry B. Powell. The Iliad. New York, Oxford University Press, 20132014.

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