The Iliad of Homer

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Όμηρος: The Iliad of Homer (1808, Pub. by William Durell and co. J. Seymour, printer)

English language

Published Nov. 19, 1808 by Pub. by William Durell and co. J. Seymour, printer.

OCLC Number:
4561512

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4 stars (1 review)

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.

Subjects

  • Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
  • Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English