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The Iliad, Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-637)

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non fiction

The Iliad

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Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox

The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes -- godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief -- compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing. Fagles' voice is always that of a poet and scholar of our own age as he conveys the power of Homer. Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox are to be congratulated and praised on this admirable work

Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps -- Homeric geography: Mainland Greece -- Homeric geography: Peloponnese -- Homeric geography: Aegean and Asia minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Iliad -- Rage of Achilles -- Great gathering of Armies -- Helen reviews the champions -- Truce erupts in war -- Diomedes fights the gods -- Hector returns to Troy -- Ajax duels with Hector -- Tide of battle turns -- Embassy of Achilles -- Marauding through the night -- Agamemnon's day of glory -- Trojans storm the rampart -- Battling for the ships -- Hera outflanks Zeus -- Achaean Armies the bay -- Patroclus fights and dies -- Menelaus' finest hour -- Shield of Achilles -- Champion arms for battle -- Olympian gods in arms -- Achilles fights the river -- Death of Hector -- Funeral games for Patroclus -- Achilles and Priam -- Notes: Genealogy of the royal house of Troy -- Textual Variants from the Oxford classical text -- Notes on the translation -- Suggestions for further reading -- Pronouncing glossary