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OverviewOne 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Homer , Peter GreenPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.816kg ISBN: 9780520281431ISBN 10: 0520281438 Pages: 608 Publication Date: 23 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction THE ILIAD Synopsis Glossary Select BibliographyReviewsReaders will learn a great deal about the Iliad from Green's detailed introduction and from comprehensive synopses of each book. A list summarizing the rolesof main characters (Achilles to Zeus) and an index of names will benefit new readers as well as pros. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. --R. Cormier CHOICE (09/01/2015) 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 Homer's distant universe of wine-faced seas, god-like men and bronze skies. -- Kate Harvard Free Republic Translating Homer into English is almost a genre of its own... Is there still a gap in the market? Peter Green's new translation shows that there is... his particular merit lies in achieving a clarity and fluidity that carries the reader (or indeed the declaimer) forward... a notable achievement. -- Richard Jenkyns TLS Readers will learn a great deal about the Iliad from Green's detailed introduction and from comprehensive synopses of each book. A list summarizing the roles of main characters (Achilles to Zeus) and an index of names will benefit new readers as well as pros... Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- R. Cormier CHOICE Everything [in this book] is oriented towards helping us to understand the poem on its terms, and to appreciate its intricacy and subtlety, its grandeur and pathos, and its incomparable beauty. Claremont Review of Books As reading Great Books migrates from the core of a college education to the margins, it's worth reflecting on just what students are missing and celebrating that there is a new addition to the Iliad family. National Review 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 Homer's distant universe of wine-faced seas, god-like men and bronze skies. -- Kate Harvard Free Republic Translating Homer into English is almost a genre of its own... Is there still a gap in the market? Peter Green's new translation shows that there is... his particular merit lies in achieving a clarity and fluidity that carries the reader (or indeed the declaimer) forward... a notable achievement. -- Richard Jenkyns TLS Readers will learn a great deal about the Iliad from Green's detailed introduction and from comprehensive synopses of each book. A list summarizing the roles of main characters (Achilles to Zeus) and an index of names will benefit new readers as well as pros... Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- R. Cormier CHOICE Author InformationPeter 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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