Translated by George Chapman with Introductions by Jan Parker Hector bidding farewell to his wife & baby son Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens Penelope at the loom Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy
- scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation The questions about mortality & identity that Homer's heroes ask the bonds of love respect & fellowship that motivate them have gripped audiences for three millennia Chapman's Iliad & Odyssey are great English epic poems but they are also two of the liveliest & readable translations of Homer Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world of nature & the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield & Mount Olympus His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital & distant & is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought
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Thrilling comic-strip action with monsters mighty heroes & even mightier gods & goddesses 40 pages Williams Marcia ...

A translation of Homer's great epic poem Fitzgerald has also translated Homer's The Odyssey & Virgil's Aeneid ...

An ancient Greek epic which underpins the whole of western literature Homer's The Iliad is a timeless evocation of the struggle to retain a sense of honour & virtue amidst the horrors of war This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Martin Hammond The Iliad is the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization The story centres on the critical events in four days of the tenth & final year of the war between the Greeks & the Trojans It describes how the quarrel of Agamemnon & Achilleus sets in motion a tragic sequence of events which leads to Achilleus' killing of Hektor & determines the ultimate fate of Troy But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism With compassion & humanity he presents a universal & tragic view of the world of human life lived under the shadow of suffering & death set against a vast & largely unpitying divine background The Iliad is the first of the world's great tragedies Martin Hammond's acclaimed translation is accompanied by a full introduction & a comprehensive index Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c 8th-7th century BC) the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad & Odyssey are attributed The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature but the identity
- or even the existence
- of Homer himself is a complete mystery with no reliable biographical information having survived If you enjoyed the Iliad you might like Homer's Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics' Martin Hammond's modern prose version is the best & most accurate there has ever been' Peter Levi Independent'A fine Iliad for our times' Philip Howard The Times

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A work of tremendous influence that has inspired writers from his ancient Greek contemporaries to modernist writers such as TS Eliot Homer's epic poem The Iliad is translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction & notes by Bernard Knox in Penguin Classics One of the foremost achievements in Western literature Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War At its centre is Achilles the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks & his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus Achilles storms back into battle to take revenge
- although knowing this will ensure his own early death Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb & flow of battle of the domestic world inside Troy's besieged city of Ilium & of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c 8th-7th century BC) the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad & Odyssey are attributed The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature but the identity
- or even the existence
- of Homer himself is a complete mystery with no reliable biographical information having survived If you enjoyed The Iliad you might like The Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics' An astonishing performance' Peter Levi' Plain & direct noble above all rapid leading the reader forward with an irresistible flow Fagles' version is imbued with humanity' Oliver Taplin The New York Times Book Review' Robert Fagles has given us an Iliad to read aloud eloquent rhythmical & full of power' Jasper Griffin Oxford University


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Homer's Iliad is the greatest & most influential epic poem ever written telling of the tragic & bloody climax to the ten-year siege of Troy This Penguin Classics edition was originally translated by EV Rieu revised & updated with an introduction & notes by Peter Jones & DCH Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War At its centre is Achilles the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks & his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus he storms back into battle to take revenge
- even though he knows this will ensure his own untimely death Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb & flow of battle of the domestic world inside Troy's besieged city of Ilium & of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals EV Rieu's acclaimed translation of The Iliad was one of the first titles published in Penguin Classics & now has classic status itself For this edition Rieu's text has been revised & now a new introduction & notes by Peter Jones complement the original introduction Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c 8th-7th century BC) the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad & Odyssey are attributed The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature but the identity
- or even the existence
- of Homer himself is a complete mystery with no reliable biographical information having survived If you enjoyed the Iliad you might like Homer's Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics


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READ THE STORY BEHIND THE NEW BBCNETFLIX EPIC SERIES TROY FALL OF A CITYHigh on Olympus Zeus & the assembled deities look down on the world of men to the city of Troy where a bitter & bloody war has dragged into its tenth year & a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior & his commander Greek ships decay men languish exhausted & behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate This is the Iliad an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring & momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven Above all this is a tale of the devastation waste & pity of war Caroline Alexander's virtuoso translation captures the rhythms & energy of Homer's original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background to the poem The result of 3000 years of story-telling Homer's epic tale of the fall of Troy has resonated with every age & every human conflict this is the Iliad at its most electrifying & vital ...

Key Features Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes & techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical & literary background Modern & historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms ...

An action-packed tale of chivalry & betrayal set during the Hundred Years War September 1356 Poitiers The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle On the English side Edward the Black Prince who'd earned his spurs at Crecy On the French side the King & his son the Dauphin With 12000 knights & then there is William Gold A cook's boy
- the lowest of the low
- who had once been branded as a thief William dreams of being a knight but in this savage new world of intrigue betrayal & greed first he must learn to survive As rapacious English mercenaries plunder a country already ravaged by plague & the peasantry take violent revenge against the French knights who have failed to protect them is chivalry any more than a boyish fantasy?

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It was a deadly mistake Joseph Malik editor of a radical magazine has snooped into rumours about an ancient secret society that turned out to be still alive & kicking Now his offices have been bombed he's gone missing & the case has landed in the lap of a tough cynical streetwise New York detective Saul Goodman knows he's stumbled onto something big
- but even he can't guess how far into the pinnacles of power this conspiracy of evil has penetrated Brimming with sex & violence
- in & out of time & space
- the three books of The Illuminatus! Trilogy are only partly works of the imagination They tackle all the important cover-ups of our time
- from who really shot the Kennedys to why there's a pyramid on the one-dollar bill
- & suggest a truly mind-blowing reality




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