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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)by: Homer  List Price: $17.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.56 You Save: $5.44 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 883.01 EAN: 9780140275360 ISBN: 0140275363 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 704 Publication Date: November 01, 1998 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard, providing an Iliad that delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. Product Description: This timeless poem-more than 2,700 year old-still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction as it moves inexorably to its wrenching, tragic conclusion. Readers of this epic poem will be gripped by the finely tuned translation and enlightening introduction. Translated by Robert Fagles Introduction and Notes by Bernard Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Epic Masterpiece!Though I have read and I teach The Odyssey, it was good to read The Iliad in order to get more background about the Trojan War. This book is definitely not for the faint-of-heart and Homer's war details are very graphic and grotesque. However, the theme of honor is timeless and I really got caught up in Akhilleus' anger and revenge. There was also the theme of Akhilleus' battle between acting like an immortal when he was only a demi-god vs. Menelaos' humanity. Also, good lessons in ... Read More Rating: - Homer's Iliad: Sophisticated or Primitive?Scholars and commentators tend to describe this marvelous and fantastical epic as loose, primitive and unrefined. Their reasons range from a sense of Homer lacking purpose, to a worldview where gods and humans are more or less the same, to the nonjudgmental way in which Homer depicts violence, and to the more colloquial, "huddled around the bonfire" style of Homer's art. All of these comments have merit, but as a exploration of the human condition, it's hard to beat this poem. Everything's ... Read More Rating: - Greek Propaganda?I've tried one review of this superb translation but it zapped off into the ether. I'll give it another shot. This translation is a must read for all those who love Homer's classic tale and for all its magnificent horror is wonderfully readable. Perhaps the thing I most love about this tale is that, despite the fact that it describes events 3,200 years ago, it instructs us that human nature has not changed 5 minutes in all that time. We are still just as proud, jealous, resentful, vengeful, ... Read More Rating:  - Faithful RenditionThe Iliad / 0-14-027536-3 I'm not going to lie and say that I pull this out every other weekend for light reading, but if you're going to have a copy of the Illiad on hand, this is a good one to add to the library. The translation is a good one, and is very poetic yet easy enough to read, considering the source material. The verse form has been maintained and reminds the reader that this was originally a verse, not a prose narrative. And the binding is tight and attractive, with thick sturdy pages. ... Read More Rating:  - DON'T buy into the Fagles "hype"!Although I respect Fagles as a modern translator, I cannot recommend his translations of Homer...I would probably only recommend his translations of Sophocles's 3 Theban Plays. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey don't sound like Epics anymore under Fagles...they are turned into mild nice sounding children stories! He tones down Homer to the point that I feel that Fagels wants his personality to shine NOT Homer's! I am gravely disappointed by this. I also find that he not only forces beauty into ... Read More 
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