The Iliad of Homer
Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1914 |
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Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1914 |
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Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Epic poetry, Greek |
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Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2011-10-11 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1451627629 |
TOLSTOY CALLED THE ILIAD A miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now, even the best English translations haven’t been able to re-create the energy and simplicity, the speed, grace, and pulsing rhythm of the original. In Stephen Mitchell’s Iliad, the epic story resounds again across 2,700 years, as if the lifeblood of its heroes Achilles and Patroclus, Hector and Priam flows in every word. And we are there with them, amid the horror and ecstasy of war, carried along by a poetry that lifts even the most devastating human events into the realm of the beautiful. Mitchell’s Iliad is the first translation based on the work of the preeminent Homeric scholar Martin L. West, whose edition of the original Greek identifies many passages that were added after the Iliad was first written down, to the detriment of the music and the story. Omitting these hundreds of interpolated lines restores a dramatically sharper, leaner text. In addition, Mitchell’s illuminating introduction opens the epic still further to our understanding and appreciation. Now, thanks to Stephen Mitchell’s scholarship and the power of his language, the Iliad’s ancient story comes to moving, vivid new life.
Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2018-03-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0520293630 |
"This is a translation of the epic Greek poem by Homer."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 927 |
Release | : 2013-04-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1627931457 |
The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey: Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does he know what awaits him when he finally makes his way home. These two books are some of the most import books in the literary cannon, having influenced virtually every adventure tale ever told. And yet they are still accessible and immediate and now you can have both in one binding.
Author | : Philostratus (the Athenian) |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004127012 |
This English translation, with introduction and notes, an extensive glossary, maps, and topical bibliographies, explores religious authority and revealed knowledge and is indispensable for the study of Homer, heroes, literature, religion, and culture in the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Author | : Soteroula Constantinidou |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Greek language |
ISBN | : 9789603544999 |
"The present study is an overall investigation of the aspects and functions of light as well as of visual perceptions and the dependence of certain narratives upon notions of light and brightness, of the symbolism and the experience of light in the Homeric world and especially in the Iliad."--P. 2.
Author | : Homer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108594492 |
Book 18 of the Iliad is an outstanding example of the range and power of Homeric epic. It describes the reaction of the hero Achilles to the death of his closest friend, and his decision to re-enter the conflict even though it means he will lose his own life. The book also includes the forging of the marvellous shield for the hero by the smith-god Hephaestus: the images on the shield are described by the poet in detail, and this description forms the archetypal ecphrasis, influential on many later writers. In an extensive introduction, R. B. Rutherford discusses the themes, style and legacy of the book. The commentary provides line-by-line guidance for readers at all levels, addressing linguistic detail and larger questions of interpretation. A substantial appendix considers the relation between Iliad 18 and the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, which has been prominent in much recent discussion.
Author | : Alberto Manguel |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2024-10-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0300280793 |
A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey that will inspire readers to think anew about Homer’s work No one knows whether Homer was a real person, but there is no doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name are foundations of Western literature. The Iliad and the Odyssey—with their tales of the Trojan War, Achilles, Odysseus and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods—have inspired us for over two and a half millennia and influenced writers from Plato to Virgil, Pope to Joyce, and Dante to Margaret Atwood. In this graceful and sweeping book, Alberto Manguel traces the lineage of Homer’s poems. He examines their original purpose, either as allegory or record of history; surveys the challenges the pagan poems presented to the early Christian world; and looks at their reception after the Reformation through the present day. In this revised and expanded edition, Manguel ignites new ways of thinking about these classic works.