The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard, providing anIliadthat delights modern sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and particular genius of Homer's own style and language. TheIliadis one of the two great epics of Homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say theIliadis a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.