{"product_id":"the-iliad-of-homer-homer-paperback","title":"The Iliad of Homer -- Homer, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus \/ and its devastation.\" For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translation--the gold standard for generations of students and general readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first century--while leaving the \u003ci\u003epoem\u003c\/i\u003e as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verses--with their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greek--remain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes lived--and thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Homer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.55 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.4\" L x 1.2\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780226470498\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737701810475,"sku":"9780226470498","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780226470498.jpg?v=1774818725","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-iliad-of-homer-homer-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}