The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Homer, Stephen Mitchell (Translator)Publish date:2012-08-14Pages:560
Language:EnglishPublisher:Washington Square PressISBN-13:9781439163382ISBN-10:1439163383UPC:9781439163382Book Category:Poetry, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Epic, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.40 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC863G4SQY
The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization's foundational epic: The Iliad. Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer's story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now, even the best English...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Washington Square PressISBN-13:9781439163382ISBN-10:1439163383UPC:9781439163382Book Category:Poetry, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Epic, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.40 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC863G4SQY
Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works of Western literature, these two poems together constitute the prototype for all subsequent Western epic poetry. Modern scholars are generally agreed that there was a poet named Homer who lived before 700 B.C.,...
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