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The Iliad

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780140275360

  • Length: 704  Pages

  • Dimensions: 214mm x 46mm x 157mm

  • Weight: 756g

  • RRP: £12.99

The Iliad

  • Homer

  • Bernard Knox (Introducer)

  • Robert Fagles (Translator)

One of the greatest epics in Western literature, THE ILIAD recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves to its tragic conclusion. In his introduction, Bernard Knox observes that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780140275360

  • Length: 704  Pages

  • Dimensions: 214mm x 46mm x 157mm

  • Weight: 756g

  • RRP: £12.99

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Homer

Homer is thought to have lived c.750-700 BC in Ionia and is believed to be the author of the earliest works of Western Literature: The Odyssey and The Iliad. E V Rieu was a celebrated translator from Latin and Greek, and editor of Penguin Classics from 1944-64. His son, D C H Rieu, has revised his work. Peter Jones is former lecturer in Classics at Newcastle. He co-founded the 'Friends of Classics' society and is the editor of their journal and a columnist for The Spectator.

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10 things you didn’t know about the women of Troy

Classicist, author and researcher Emily Hauser’s For the Most Beautiful imagines the lives of two largely overlooked Trojan women from The Iliad. Here, she tells us about the Trojan women depicted in Homer’s epic, historical facts about their real-life counterparts and the stories about them that survived

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