num_pages: 215
description: One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.
language: English
title: The Essential Iliad
titlecomplete: The Essential Iliad (Hackett Classics)
characters: Patroclus, Paris, Cassandra, Ajax Oileus, Nestor, Helen of Troy, Ajax, Briseis, Hector of Troy, Odysseus, Hecuba, Akhilleus, Menelaus, Achilles, Andromache, Agamemnon, Diomedes, Priam, Sarpedon (King of Lycia), Aeneas
genres: Fiction, Classics, Greek Mythology, Fantasy, War, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Literature, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 435002
places: Troy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.