To Homer Through Pope: An Introduction to Homer’s Iliad and Pope’s Translation 9781472540454, 9780862921569

As fewer and fewer people learn to read ancient Greek, there is a need for a critical study of the most influential tran

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To Homer Through Pope: An Introduction to Homer’s Iliad and Pope’s Translation
9781472540454, 9780862921569

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A new modern translation of "The Iliad" that is fast-moving, direct, emphasizes the action of the story, and i

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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the

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Books VIII &IX are crucial to the structure of the Iliad, and, while both of them have been extensively discussed in

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The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad - the account of Priam's ransoming of Hector's body from Achilles - is one

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"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Ho

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