{"product_id":"the-iliad-homer","title":"The Iliad - Homer","description":"\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Emily Wilson’s translation of  The Odyssey appeared in 2017―revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller,  Washington Post)―critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira,  New York Times ) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins,  Guardian ) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world―the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters―both human and divine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation. 5 maps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Western classical tradition, \u003cstrong\u003eHomer\u003c\/strong\u003e (Greek: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Ὅμηρος\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/21937766.______\"\u003eὍμηρος\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Hómēros\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/35435451.H_m_ros\"\u003eHómēros\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is considered the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily R. Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1971) is a Professor in the Department of Classical Studies and Chair of the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. She has a BA from Oxford in Classics, an M. Phil., also from Oxford, in English Literature (1500-1660), and a Ph.D. from Yale in Classics and Comparative Literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Archive","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":48096496681277,"sku":"","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/9781324076148_cfl.jpg?v=1710861438","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/the-iliad-homer","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}