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The Iliad / Homer ; translated with an introduction by Martin Hammond.
LIBRA PA4025.A2 H3 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Homer.
- Series:
- Penguin books.
- Penguin classics
- Penguin classics.
- Penguin books
- Standardized Title:
- Iliad. English
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 464 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987.
- Summary:
- The Iliad is the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization. The story centres on the critical events in four days of the tenth and final year of the war between the Greeks and Trojans. It describes how the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilleus sets in motion a tragic sequence of events, which leads to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determines the ultimate fate of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity he presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and 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 and a comprehensive index.
- Contents:
- The background to the Iliad viii
- The theme of the Iliad xvi
- A critical summary of the Iliad xviii
- Book 1 The Anger of Achilleus 3
- Book 2 The Catalogue of Ships 19
- Book 3 Paris, Helen, Aphrodite 41
- Book 4 The Breaking of the Truce 53
- Book 5 Diomedes Triumphant 67
- Book 6 Hektor in Troy 91
- Book 7 Duel of Hektor and Aias 105
- Book 8 Trojan Success 118
- Book 9 The Embassy to Achilleus 133
- Book 10 Night Operations 151
- Book 11 Achaian Retreat 166
- Book 12 The Assault on the Wall 188
- Book 13 The Achaians Rally 200
- Book 14 The Seduction of Zeus 221
- Book 15 Fighting at the Ships 234
- Book 16 The Death of Patroklos 253
- Book 17 The Battle over Patroklos 275
- Book 18 Thetis, Achilleus, and New Armour 295
- Book 19 Achilleus and Agamemnon Reconciled 311
- Book 20 The Return of Achilleus 322
- Book 21 The Battle of the Gods 335
- Book 22 The Death of Hektor 351
- Book 23 Funeral Games for Patroklos 365
- Book 24 Achilleus and Priam 388.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0140444440
- 9780140444445
- OCLC:
- 16967756
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