The Iliad — Homeros

The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War encapsulating the brutality of war Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers and this new translation is elegant and accurate respecting the original line numbers and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter A major new translation of Homers great epic poem that out of an episode from the Trojan war encapsulates the great tragedy of war and the meaning of life and death Anthony Veritys rendering transmits the directness power and dignity of Homers poetry in an elegant and accurate translation that respects the original line numbers Barbara Graziosi an authority on Homeric poetry offers a full introduction that guides the reader in understanding the composition of the poem its literary qualities and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read Extensive notes offer book by book summaries and elucidate difficult words and passages mythological allusions references to ancient practices and artefacts and geographical names An annotated bibliography offers a succinct guide to further scholarship in English a full index of names enables the reader to trace particular characters through the text two maps elucidate the Catalogue of Ships i e the geography of Greece and the Catalogue of the Trojans i e the geography of Asia Minor The translation introduction notes and maps are fully informed by up to date Homeric scholarship The line by line translation is invaluable for anyone wishing to coordinate the text with the secondary literature

The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War encapsulating the brutality of war Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers and this new translation is elegant and accurate respecting the original line numbers and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter A major new translation of Homer s great epic poem that out of an episode from the Trojan war encapsulates the great tragedy of war and the meaning of life and death Anthony Verity s rendering transmits the directness power and dignity of Homer s poetry in an elegant and accurate translation that respects the original line numbers Barbara Graziosi an authority on Homeric poetry offers a full introduction that guides the reader in understanding the composition of the poem its literary qualities and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read Extensive notes offer book by book summaries and elucidate difficult words and passages mythological allusions references to ancient practices and artefacts and geographical names An annotated bibliography offers a succinct guide to further scholarship in English a full index of names enables the reader to trace particular characters through the text two maps elucidate the Catalogue of Ships i e the geography of Greece and the Catalogue of the Trojans i e the geography of Asia Minor The translation introduction notes and maps are fully informed by up to date Homeric scholarship The line by line translation is invaluable for anyone wishing to coordinate the text with the secondary literature