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 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.
Main title:
The iliad / Homer.
Author:
Homer, authorAlexander, Caroline, 1956-, translator
Edition:
[New edition] / translated from the Ancient Greek by Caroline Alexander.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2017.
Collation:
xxxix, 554 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This translation originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781784870577 (pbk)
Dewey class:
883.01
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
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BRN:
318232
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