Homeri Ilias Graece et Latine

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Όμηρος: Homeri Ilias Graece et Latine (Ancient Greek language, 1729, Typis Guliel. Botham, impensis Jacobi et Johannis Knapton ...)

Ancient Greek language

Published Nov. 19, 1729 by Typis Guliel. Botham, impensis Jacobi et Johannis Knapton ....

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Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. - [Wikipedia][1]

[1]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

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4 stars

Typical of my style, I made it about three-fifths of the way through the book (through Book 14). This was my first go at a Homer classic and while I don't have anything to compare it to yet, the Fagles translation had a good flow to it. As for the story itself, I enjoyed the interplay of gods and men, but there's only so much I can take of the hundreds of characters battling it out, scene after scene - which I expected; I gave it the 500-page epic the J. J. Try, but couldn't quite make it.

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  • Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into Latin
  • Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
  • Trojan War -- Poetry