Presents a series of critical essays discussing the structure, themes, and subject matter of Homer's The Iliad.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438113944
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Attributed to Homer, The Iliad, along with The Odyssey, is among the oldest literary documents in the Greek language. This epic war story depicts seven key weeks during the battle for Ilium, or Troy, culminating in the decisive battle betweeOne 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.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520961326
Category: Literary Criticism
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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. This landmark translation—specifically designed, like the oral original, to be read aloud—will soon be required reading for every student of Greek antiquity, and the great traditions of history and literature to which it gave birth.This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century—while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever.
Author: Homer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226470382
Category: Poetry
Page: 608
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"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translation—the gold standard for generations of students and general readers. This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century—while leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verses—with their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greek—remain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book. The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes lived—and thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Author: Homer Homer
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 1289823642
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.Powell's critical study Homer (2nd edition, 2004, translated into Italian) is widely
read as an introduction for philologists, historians, and students of literature. A
New Companion to Homer (1997, with Ian Morris, translated into modern Greek)
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199326112
Category: Fiction
Page: 576
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The Iliad is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, for which Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a magnificent new translation. Graceful, lucid, and energetic, Powell's translation renders the Homeric Greek with a simplicity and dignity reminiscent of the original. The text immediately engrosses students with its tight and balanced rhythms, while the incantatory repetitions evoke a continuous "stream of sound" that offers as good an impression of Homer's Greek as one could hope to attain without learning the language. Accessible, poetic, and accurate, Powell's translation is an excellent fit for today's students. With swift, transparent language that rings both ancient and modern, it exposes them to all of the rage, pleasure, pathos, and humor that are Homer's Iliad. Both the translation and the introduction are informed by the best recent scholarship. FEATURES * Uses well-modulated verse and accurate English that is contemporary but never without dignity * Powell's introduction sets the poem in its philological, mythological, and historical contexts * Features unique on-page notes, facilitating students' engagement with the poem * Embedded illustrations accompanied by extensive captions provide Greek and Roman visual sources for key passages in each of the poem's twenty-four books * Eight maps (the most of any available translation) provide geographic context for the poem's many place names * Audio recordings (read by Powell) of fifteen important passages are available at www.oup.com/us/powell and indicated in the text margin by an iconFagles' 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.
Author: Homéros
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: STANFORD:36105040889201
Category: Fiction
Page: 464
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Contains a prose translation of the Homeric epic recounting the triumphs and defeats of the Greek and Trojan heroesAfter the war, the story switches to the fated Ulysses who mocks the Greek god of the seas and is lost for decades in the waters of the Mediterranean.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781773562360
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When the beautiful Helen is taken away and fall madly in love with Hector of Troy her Greek partner gathers the forces of Greece to fight against the Trojans to get her back. One of the mighty heroes that goes along with the war is the mighty Achilles who manages some great feats in the battle but in the end is cursed by the gods for an act of defilement and dies. After the war, the story switches to the fated Ulysses who mocks the Greek god of the seas and is lost for decades in the waters of the Mediterranean. As he fights with gods and even travels to the realm of the dead to once again return home, his throne is threatened as new suitors seek to claim his wife and his crown back in Greece.This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece.
Author: M. S. Silk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052153996X
Category: History
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This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
Author: Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Ernest Myers
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 9783849612702
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Andrew Lang, assisted by Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, has put the old Greek epos into contemporary English prose. This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task... (He) manages to be respectful of Homer's dire spirit while providing on nearly every page some wonderfully fresh refashioning of his Greek.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603843698
Category: Poetry
Page: 574
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"Gripping... Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task... (He) manages to be respectful of Homer's dire spirit while providing on nearly every page some wonderfully fresh refashioning of his Greek. The result is a vivid and disarmingly hardbitten reworking of a great classic." — Daniel Mendelsohn, The New York Times Book ReviewHomer. THE I L I A D BOOK VI . Now heaven forsakes the fight : th ' immortals To
human force and human skill , the field : Dark showers of javelins fly from foes to
foes ; Now here , now there , the tide of combat flows ; While Troy's fam'd i ...
Author: Homer
Publisher:
ISBN: BL:A0017472720
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This volume presents the original 1611 text of George Chapman's translation, tapping into the poetic consonance between the semi-divine heroism of the "Iliad"'s warriors and the cosmological symbols of Renaissance humanism.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691002363
Category: Poetry
Page: 613
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This volume presents the original 1611 text of George Chapman's translation, tapping into the poetic consonance between the semi-divine heroism of the "Iliad"'s warriors and the cosmological symbols of Renaissance humanism.In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 1379583772
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Page: 372
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T090239 The notes are written in part by William Broome. Includes 'An essay on the life, writings and learning of Homer' by T. Parnell. Probably sometimes issued with 'The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, .. ' printed by Bye and Law for the same London: printed by H. Baldwin: for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. and J. Robinson [and 17 others in London], 1796. 6v., plate: port.; 8°In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 1379583780
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T090239 The notes are written in part by William Broome. Includes 'An essay on the life, writings and learning of Homer' by T. Parnell. Probably sometimes issued with 'The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, .. ' printed by Bye and Law for the same London: printed by H. Baldwin: for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. and J. Robinson [and 17 others in London], 1796. 6v., plate: port.; 8°he poetry of Homer as we have it today is a highly textualized verbal artifact. In
other words, we come into immediate contact with the Iliad and Odyssey as fixed
sets of graphic symbols that are independent of any particular performance event
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Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438113098
Category: Epic poetry, Greek
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Presents a collection of eight critical essays on the works of Homer.Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.
Author: Homer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107067776
Category: History
Page: 272
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Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.Homer's epic poems in a more readable format for today's enthusiasts! The Iliad - the tale of the Trojan War, up to the death of Hector, which all realized spelled the end of the Trojan's chances of winning.
Author: Homer
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 1518763863
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Page: 408
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Homer's epic poems in a more readable format for today's enthusiasts! The Iliad - the tale of the Trojan War, up to the death of Hector, which all realized spelled the end of the Trojan's chances of winning. It was a war the gods just couldn't keep their hands out of! The Odyssey - following Odysseus' epic voyage home after the end of the Trojan War! He faces many of the terrible threats of the old world, as Cyclops, sirens and more try to end his voyage early! If you haven't read it yet, you're missing one of the most influential writings of all times!