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The Iliad

Homer2023
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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, authorWilson, Emily R., 1971-, translator
Edition:
First edition. / translated by Emily Wilson.
Imprint:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]©2023
Collation:
lxxv, 761 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Ancient Greek.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781324001805 (hbk)
Dewey class:
883.01
LC class:
PA4025.A2
Local class:
883.01
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
BRN:
3605437
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