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The Iliad
- Title
- The Iliad / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.
- Author
- Homer
- Publication
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
- ©1990
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- Description
- xvi, 683 pages : maps, genealogical table; 22 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics deluxe edition
- Uniform Title
- Iliad. English (Fagles)
- Penguin classics deluxe edition.
- Alternative Title
- Iliad.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Epic poetry, Greek – Translations into English.
- Epic poetry.
- Poetry.
- Translations.
- Note
- Originally published: Viking Penguin, 1990.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-638).
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Ancient Greek.
- Awards (note)
- Winner of the Academy of American Poets 1991 Landon Translation Award.
- Contents
- The spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Mainland Greece -- The Peloponnese -- The Aegean and Asia minor -- Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Iliad -- The rage of Achilles -- The great gathering of Armies -- Helen reviews the champions -- The truce erupts in war -- Diomedes fights the gods -- Hector returns to Troy -- Ajax duels with Hector -- The tide of battle turns -- The embassy of Achilles -- Marauding through the night -- Agamemnon's day of glory -- The Trojans storm the rampart -- Battling for the ships -- Hera outflanks Zeus -- The Achaean armies the bay -- Patroclus fights and dies -- Menelaus' finest hour -- The shield of Achilles -- The champion arms for battle -- Olympian gods in arms -- Achilles fights the river -- The death of Hector -- Funeral games for Patroclus -- Achilles and Priam -- The genealogy of the royal house of Troy.
- Call Number
- PA4025.A2
- ISBN
- 9780140275360
- 0140275363
- 9780670835102
- 0670835102
- 0670835102 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 66394447
- Author
- Homer, author.
- Title
- The Iliad / Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
- Copyright Date
- ©1990
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Penguin classics deluxe editionPenguin classics deluxe edition.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-638).
- Language
- Translated from the Ancient Greek.
- Awards
- Winner of the Academy of American Poets 1991 Landon Translation Award.
- Indexed Term
- Epic poetry, Greek Translations into English.
- Added Author
- Fagles, Robert, translator.Knox, Bernard, 1914-2010, writer of introduction.
- LCCN
- 89070695
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PA4025.A2 F33 1998