The Iliad by Homer, Classics, Literary Criticism, Ancient and Classical, Poetry, Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Homer, Alexander Pope (Translator), Theodore Alois Buckley (Introduction by)Publish date:2003-02-01Pages:576
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wildside PressISBN-13:9781592247608ISBN-10:1592247601UPC:9781592247608Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.35 x 6.28 x 1.71 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SC4HFG82MW
The Iliad by Homer, Classics, Literary Criticism, Ancient and Classical, Poetry, Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (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. The English version of The Iliad is Alexander Pope's. As Dr. Johnson said of Pope's rendition of the Odessey, it is, "certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wildside PressISBN-13:9781592247608ISBN-10:1592247601UPC:9781592247608Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.35 x 6.28 x 1.71 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SC4HFG82MW
Pope, Alexander: - "Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare."Homer: - Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary...
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