Iliad

by Homeros

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Title Statements

Full title :Iliad. / Homer ; with an English translation by A.T. Murray ; revised by William F. Wyatt.

Summary

Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result-a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling characterizations of his protagonists as well as a remarkable study of the heroic code in antiquity. The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad. These have been published in the Loeb Classical Library for three quarters of a century, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A.T. Murray. William F. Wyatt now brings the Loeb's Iliad up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.
Edition:2. ed., repr. with corr

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

Notes

Originally published 1924 ; Second edition 1999 ; Reprinted with corrections 2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (PDF (vii, 591 s.)).

Edition Identifiers

oclc:on1001650737
Dewey Decimal:883.01

Subjects

Achilles, (Mythological character) Akilles, (mytisk gestalt) Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into… Poesi Trojan War -- Poetry Trojanska kriget Verk före 1800