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The Iliad
Paperback Edition: 1
High on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy where a bitter and bloody war has dragged into its tenth year, and a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior and his commander. Greek ships decay, men languish, exhausted, and 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 and 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 and pity of war.
Pages : 554
Publisher : Vintage Classics
Publication date : 2017-10-16
Subjects: Fiction, Classics (pre C.1945), Poetry, Classical Texts, Poetry By Individual Poets