ISBN: 0199235481

War, glory, despair, and mourning: for 2,700 years, the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. It is a tale of many truths, speaking… Altro …

War, glory, despair, and mourning: for 2,700 years, the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. It is a tale of many truths, speaking of powerful emotions, the failures of leadership, the destructive power of beauty, the quest for fame, the plight of women, and the cold callous laughter of the gods. Above all, it confronts us with war in all its brutality--and with fleeting images of peace, lovingly drawn, images which punctuate the poem as distant memories, startling comparisons, and doomed aspirations. Anthony Verity's elegant and compelling new translation mirrors the directness, power, and dignity of Homer's poetry. Verity captures as well the essential features of oral poetry, such as repeated phrases and scenes, without sounding mannered or archaic, and his remarkably accurate verse hews closely to the original line numbers, which is invaluable for readers wishing to consult the secondary literature. Barbara Graziosi, an authority on Homeric poetry, offers a full introduction that illuminates the composition of the poem, its literary qualities, and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read. In addition, extensive notes offer book-by-book summaries and shed light on difficult words and passages, mythological allusions, references to ancient practices, and geographical names. An annotated bibliography offers a succinct guide to further scholarship in English; a full index of names ancient,ancient classical and medieval,classics,drama,fantasy epics,fiction,greece,history,language arts,literary Fantasy Epics, Oxford University Press<

ISBN: 0199235481

[EAN: 9780199235483], Gebraucht, [PU: Oxford University Press, Incorporated], A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen o… Altro …

[EAN: 9780199235483], Gebraucht, [PU: Oxford University Press, Incorporated], A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.<

ISBN: 0199235481

[EAN: 9780199235483], Gebraucht, [PU: Oxford University Press, Incorporated], A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen o… Altro …

[EAN: 9780199235483], Gebraucht, [PU: Oxford University Press, Incorporated], A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.<

2011, ISBN: 9780199235483

Oxford University Press, USA, 2011-11-01. Hardcover. Good., Oxford University Press, USA, 2011-11-01

2011, ISBN: 0199235481

[EAN: 9780199235483], [PU: Oxford University Press]