The Iliad

The Iliad

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War

Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war.

Soldier and civilian, victor and vanquished, hero and coward, men, women, young, old—The Iliad evokes in poignant, searing detail the fate of every life ravaged by the Trojan War. And, as told by Homer, this ancient tale of a particular Bronze Age conflict becomes a sublime and sweeping evocation of the destruction of war throughout the ages.

Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander’s new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source—a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power.


Auteur | Homer
Taal | Engels
Type | Paperback
Categorie | Literatuur & Romans

bol logo

Kijk verder

Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9781483703558
Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9780141394657
Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9780199326105
Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9780753827772
Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9780451474346
Boekomslag voor ISBN: 9781784870577


Boekn ©