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The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green
Homer
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Description for The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green
Paperback. Dealing with western literature, this poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. It captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers. Featuring an enticingly personal introduction, a detailed synopsis of each book, a wide-ranging glossary, and explanatory notes for the few puzzling in-text items, the book also includes a select bibliography for those who want to learn more about Homer and the Greek epic. ... Read more
One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers. Featuring an enticingly personal introduction, a detailed synopsis of each book, a wide-ranging glossary, and explanatory notes for the few puzzling in-text items, the book also includes a select bibliography for those who want to learn more about Homer and the Greek epic. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520281431
SKU
V9780520281431
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About Homer
Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. He is the author of both historical studies and translations of poetry, including The Poems of Catullus and Apollonios's The Argonautika, both by UC Press.
Reviews for The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green
A fine translation, accurate and energetic.
Thomas L. Cooksey Library Journal Taken as a whole this is the best line-for-line translation of the poem I know.
Colin Burrow London Review of Books By preserving the strangeness of Homer, [Peter Green] gives the reader the fullest possible access to the ancient mind, into ... Read more
Thomas L. Cooksey Library Journal Taken as a whole this is the best line-for-line translation of the poem I know.
Colin Burrow London Review of Books By preserving the strangeness of Homer, [Peter Green] gives the reader the fullest possible access to the ancient mind, into ... Read more